okra
English
Alternative forms
- okry (Southern US vern.); ochro, ochroe (Caribbean); okro
- (obsolete): ochre, ockro, ocra, ocro, occra, occro, ochra, ocre, okero, okwa, ookroo
Etymology
From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -oʊkɹə, -əʊkɹə, -ɒkɹə
Noun
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..., pp. 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, No. 232, p. 7:
- Select young okra, wash thoroughly, remove the stems, and wipe the okra dry.
- 1997, Lisette Verlander & al., The Cookin' Cajun Cooking School Cookbook, p. 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, p. 1:
- I hated cooking okra because it was so slimy when you first start.
- 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pp. 59–60:
- 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..., Vol. I, p. 222:
- Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.
- 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, p. 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 & al., The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach, p. 36:
- We planted some truck crops like watermelons and okra, which was risky.
- 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., Vol. I, p. 222:
Hypernyms
- (edible capsules): pod vegetable
- (plant): abelmosk, mallow
Synonyms
- bhindi (Indian contexts), gumbo (esp. in stews), ladyfinger
- (edible capsules): ladies' fingers
Derived terms
- African okra, autumnal okra, bun okra, Chinese okra, musk okra, ornamental okra, West African okra, wild okra, Yorka okra, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
Translations
edible capsules of A. esculentus
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A. esculentus
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References
- Abelmoschus esculentus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “okra, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ok‧ra
Noun
okra
- okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
- the pods of this plant
Anagrams
Chavacano
Noun
okra
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
okra
- ochre (having a yellow-orange colour)
Declension
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
Noun
okra
Usage notes
The pigment is usually called keltamulta when used as pigment for house paints, whereas artists and archaeologists seem to prefer okra.
Declension
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
- (pigment): keltamulta
- (color): okrankeltainen, okranväri, okraväri
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
okra
Declension
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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Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
okra
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Verb
okra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative okraði, supine okrað)
- (intransitive) to practice usury
Declension
okra — active voice (germynd)
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
Spanish
Noun
okra f (plural okras)
- okra
Tagalog
Noun
okra
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