okra
English[edit]


Alternative forms[edit]
- okry (Southern US vern.); ochro, ochroe (Caribbean); okro
- (obsolete): ochre, ockro, ocra, ocro, occra, occro, ochra, ocre, okero, okwa, ookroo
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]
- 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[edit]
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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]
From English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Noun[edit]
okra
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ok‧ra
Noun[edit]
okra
- okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
- the pods of this plant
Anagrams[edit]
Chavacano[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[edit]
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 okrainrare | |
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 okrainrare | ||
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] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
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 okrainrare | ||
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] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), 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]
Noun[edit]
okra
Derived terms[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/ɒkɹə
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Mallow subfamily plants
- en:Vegetables
- Asi lemmas
- Asi nouns
- Bikol Central terms derived from English
- Bikol Central terms derived from Igbo
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Igbo
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Mallow subfamily plants
- ceb:Vegetables
- Chavacano lemmas
- Chavacano nouns
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- 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
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish terms derived from Igbo
- fi:Colors
- fi:Plants
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon nouns
- 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
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔkra
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔkra/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Mallow subfamily plants
- pl:Vegetables
- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns