okra
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- okry (Southern US vernacular)
- ochro, ochroe (Caribbean)
- okro
- ochre, ockro, ocra, ocro, occra, occro, ochra, ocre, okero, okwa, ookroo (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra (countable and uncountable, plural okras)
- The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
- 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pages 59–60:
- ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...
- 1940, Farmers' Bulletin, number 232, page 7:
- Select young okra, wash thoroughly, remove the stems, and wipe the okra dry.
- 1997, Lisette Verlander et al., The Cookin' Cajun Cooking School Cookbook, page 25:
- Wash and dry okra, remove stems, and slice in one-inch rounds. (If using frozen okra, do not wash.) Heat two tablespoons oil in a heavy saucepan other than black iron. Saute okra in oil and vinegar, stirring often until ropiness is gone.
- 2006, Francis N. Wiltz, In the Kitchen with Papa Wiltz, page 1:
- I hated cooking okra because it was so slimy when you first start.
- The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.
- 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., volume I, page 222:
- Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.
- 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, page 610:
- Okra does not do well in tight, waterlogged soils, but will tolerate a soil pH range of from 6.0 to 7.5.
- 2011, Leon Neel et al., The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach, page 36:
- We planted some truck crops like watermelons and okra, which was risky.
Synonyms
[edit]- bandikai (India), bhindi (Indian contexts), gumbo (esp. in stews), ladyfinger
- (edible capsules): ladies' fingers
Hypernyms
[edit]- (edible capsules): pod vegetable
- (plant): abelmosk, mallow
Derived terms
[edit]- African okra
- autumnal okra
- bun okra (Urena lobata)
- bush okra (Corchorus olitorius)
- Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)
- Indian okra
- musk okra (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- ornamental okra (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- West African okra (Abelmoschus caillei)
- wild okra
- Yorka okra (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- Okra mosaic virus
Translations
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References
[edit]Abelmoschus esculentus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “okra, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Anagrams
[edit]Asi
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra
Bikol Central
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Noun
[edit]okra
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: ok‧ra
Noun
[edit]okra
Anagrams
[edit]Chavacano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]okra m (plural okra's, diminutive [please provide])
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
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From Swedish ockra, from Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra).
Adjective
[edit]okra
- ochre (having a yellow-orange colour)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of okra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | okra | okrat | |
genitive | okran | okrien | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | okra | okrat | |
accusative | nom. | okra | okrat |
gen. | okran | ||
genitive | okran | okrien okrain rare | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
inessive | okrassa | okrissa | |
elative | okrasta | okrista | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
adessive | okralla | okrilla | |
ablative | okralta | okrilta | |
allative | okralle | okrille | |
essive | okrana | okrina | |
translative | okraksi | okriksi | |
abessive | okratta | okritta | |
instructive | — | okrin | |
comitative | — | okrine |
Synonyms
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra
Usage notes
[edit]The pigment is usually called keltamulta when used as pigment for house paints, whereas artists and archaeologists seem to prefer okra.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of okra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | okra | okrat | |
genitive | okran | okrien | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | okra | okrat | |
accusative | nom. | okra | okrat |
gen. | okran | ||
genitive | okran | okrien okrain rare | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
inessive | okrassa | okrissa | |
elative | okrasta | okrista | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
adessive | okralla | okrilla | |
ablative | okralta | okrilta | |
allative | okralle | okrille | |
essive | okrana | okrina | |
translative | okraksi | okriksi | |
abessive | okratta | okritta | |
instructive | — | okrin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
[edit]- (pigment): keltamulta
- (color): okrankeltainen, okranväri, okraväri
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “1. okra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
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From English okra, from some West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀.
Noun
[edit]okra
Declension
[edit]Inflection of okra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | okra | okrat | |
genitive | okran | okrien | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | okra | okrat | |
accusative | nom. | okra | okrat |
gen. | okran | ||
genitive | okran | okrien okrain rare | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
inessive | okrassa | okrissa | |
elative | okrasta | okrista | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
adessive | okralla | okrilla | |
ablative | okralta | okrilta | |
allative | okralle | okrille | |
essive | okrana | okrina | |
translative | okraksi | okriksi | |
abessive | okratta | okritta | |
instructive | — | okrin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “2. okra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
[edit]Hiligaynon
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]okra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative okraði, supine okrað)
- (intransitive) to practice usury
Declension
[edit]infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að okra | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
okrað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
okrandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég okra | við okrum | present (nútíð) |
ég okri | við okrum |
þú okrar | þið okrið | þú okrir | þið okrið | ||
hann, hún, það okrar | þeir, þær, þau okra | hann, hún, það okri | þeir, þær, þau okri | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég okraði | við okruðum | past (þátíð) |
ég okraði | við okruðum |
þú okraðir | þið okruðuð | þú okraðir | þið okruðuð | ||
hann, hún, það okraði | þeir, þær, þau okruðu | hann, hún, það okraði | þeir, þær, þau okruðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
okra (þú) | okrið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
okraðu | okriði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra f
- okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
- Synonym: piżmian jadalny
- okra (edible capsules of Abelmoschus esculentus)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- okra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]okra f (plural okras)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔokɾa/ [ˈʔok.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -okɾa
- Syllabification: ok‧ra
Noun
[edit]okra (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜇ)
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms derived from Igbo
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊkɹə
- Rhymes:English/əʊkɹə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɒkɹə
- Rhymes:English/ɒkɹə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
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- en:Mallow subfamily plants
- en:Vegetables
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- Bikol Central terms borrowed from English
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- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
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- Cebuano terms derived from Igbo
- Cebuano lemmas
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- ceb:Mallow subfamily plants
- ceb:Vegetables
- Chavacano terms borrowed from English
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- Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
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- nl:Mallow subfamily plants
- nl:Vegetables
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/okrɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/okrɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish koira-type nominals
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- fi:Colors
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- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian noun forms
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːkra
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːkra/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
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- Icelandic weak verbs
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔkra
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- Polish terms with homophones
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- pl:Mallow subfamily plants
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/okɾa
- Rhymes:Tagalog/okɾa/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script