végétal
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ve.ʒe.tal/
- Homophones: végétale, végétales
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Noun
[edit]végétal m (plural végétaux)
- plant
- 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante[1], page 1:
- Du persil, du cresson, de la fougère et de mille autres végétaux communs, ils tirent des chapiteaux ou des frises d'une beauté de ligne, d'une hardiesse et d'une sûreté d'interprétation qui nous étonnent et nous émerveillent.
- From parsley, watercress, ferns, and a thousand other common plants, they derive capitals and friezes of a linear beauty—of a boldness and sureness of interpretation—that astonish and amaze us.
Adjective
[edit]végétal (feminine végétale, masculine plural végétaux, feminine plural végétales)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “végétal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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