vegetable

English

Etymology

From Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetabilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from Latin vegetare (“to enliven”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvedʒtəbl/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒətəbəl/, /ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/, /ˈvɛtʃtəbəl/

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Noun

vegetable (plural vegetables)

1. Any plant.
2. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense.
3. The edible part of such a plant.
4. (figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a brain-dead person.

Synonyms

• (derogatory term for a person with brain damage): cabbage

Translations

any plant

• Arabic: نبات (ar) m (nabaat)
• Armenian: բույս (hy) (buys)
• Bashkir: үҫемлек (üθemlek)
• Catalan: vegetal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 植物 (zh) (zhíwù)

• Czech: zelenina (cs)
• Dutch: gewas (nl) n, plant (nl) m, f
• Finnish: kasvi (fi)
• French: végétal (fr) m
• Galician: vexetal (gl) m
• German: Gewächs (de) n
• Greek: φυτό (el) n (fytó)
• Gujarati: શાકભાજી (zAkbhAji)
• Hindi: सब्ज़ी (hi) (sabzī)
• Hungarian: növény (hu)
• Icelandic: grænmeti (is) n
• Interlingua: vegetal
• Italian: vegetale (it) m
• Japanese: 植物 (ja) (しょくぶつ, shokubutsu)
• Korean: 푸성귀 (puseonggwi)

• Kurdish: sebze (ku) sebze (ku)

  Sorani: سه‌وزه‌ (ku) (sawza)

• Latin: holus n
• Lithuanian: augalas (lt) m
• Macedonian: расте́ние n (rasténie)
• Maltese: ħaxix m
• Persian: سبزی (fa) (sabzi)
• Portuguese: vegetal (pt) m
• Romanian: vegetală (ro) f
• Russian: расте́ние (ru) n (rasténije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: биљка f

  Roman: biljka (sh) f

• Slovak: zelenina
• Spanish: vegetal (es) m
• Swahili: mmea (sw)
• Swedish: planta (sv) c, växt (sv) c
• Turkish: bitki (tr)
• Uyghur: ئۆسۈملۈك (ösümlük)

a plant raised for some edible part of it

• Arabic: خضر f pl (khuDar), خضار m pl (khuDaar), خضراوات f pl (xuḍrawat)

  Egyptian Arabic: خضار m pl (xuḍaar)

• Armenian: բանջարեղեն (banǰarełen)
• Asturian: verdura f
• Bashkir: йәшелсә (yäšelsä)
• Belarusian: гаро́дніна f (haródnina), агаро́дніна f (aharódnina)
• Bengali: সবজি (shobji)
• Bikol Central: gulay
• Breton: legumaj (br)
• Bulgarian: зеленчук m (zelenčuk)
• Capiznon: kautanan
• Catalan: verdura (ca) f, hortalissa f, (pod vegetable) llegum m
• Cebuano: utanon
• Chamorro: Gollai siha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蔬菜 (zh) (shūcài), 青菜 (zh) (qīngcài)

• Czech: zelenina (cs)
• Danish: grøntsag (da) c, grønsag (da) c
• Dutch: groente (nl) f, gewas (nl) n
• Esperanto: legomo (eo)
• Finnish: vihannes (fi)
• French: légume (fr) m
• Galician: vexetal (gl) m, verdura (gl) f
• Georgian: ბოსტნეული (bostneuli)
• German: Gemüse (de) n
• Greek: λαχανικό (el) n (lachanikó)
• Greenlandic: grøntsagi
• Hebrew: יֶרֶק (he) (yerek)
• Hiligaynon: kautanan
• Hindi: सब्ज़ी (hi) f (sabzī)
• Hungarian: zöldség (hu)
• Ilocano: nateng
• Indonesian: sayuran (id), sayur-sayuran pl
• Interlingua: legumine
• Irish: glasra (ga) m
• Italian: verdura (it) f
• Japanese: 野菜 (ja) (やさい, yasai), 青物 (ja) (あおもの, aomono), ベジタブル (bejitaburu)
• Javanese: janganan (jv), sayuaran
• Kalenjin: ngiek
• Khmer: បន្លែ (km) (bɑnlae)
• Kinaray-a: ulutanon
• Korean: 채소 (ko) (chaeso), 야채 (ko) (yachae)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌وزه (sawza)

• Ladino: zarzavat

• Lak: ахънилсри (aqnilsri)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: holus n
• Lithuanian: daržovė f
• Luhya: chinyenyi
• Luxembourgish: Geméis n
• Macedonian: зе́ленчук m (zélenčuk)
• Malay: sayuran, sayur-sayuran pl
• Maori: huawhenua
• Minangkabau: sayuaran, sayua-sayuaran pl
• Mongolian: хүнсний ногоо (hünsnij nogoo), ургамал (urgamal)
• Navajo: chʼil daadánígíí
• Norman: légùeume f (continental Norman), lédgeunme f (Jersey), légeume f (Guernsey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grønnsak (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: grønsak f

• Occitan: legum (oc)
• Pangasinan: pising
• Persian: سبزی (fa) (sabzi)
• Polish: warzywo (pl) n, jarzyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: verdura (pt) f, hortaliça (pt) f, legume (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਸਬਜ਼ੀ (sabzī)
• Romanian: legumă (ro), legume f pl
• Russian: о́вощ (ru) m (óvošč)
• Rusyn: зеленина f (zelenina) (Carpathian Rusyn), желєнява f (želeňava (želenjava)) (Panonian Rusyn)
• Scottish Gaelic: glasraich f, luibh-gàraidh f, luiseanachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: поврће n pl

  Roman: povrće (sh) n pl

• Sindhi: سبزي (sabzi)
• Slovak: zelenina
• Slovene: zalenjava f
• Southern Sama: sasayulan pl
• Spanish: verdura (es) f, legumbre (es) m, hortaliza (es) f
• Swahili: mboga (sw)
• Swedish: grönsak (sv) c
• Tagalog: gulay
• Thai: พืชผัก (pêut pàk)
• Turkish: sebze (tr)
• Uab Meto: utan, utnin pl
• Ukrainian: о́воч (uk) m (óvoč)
• Urdu: سبزی f (sabzī)
• Uyghur: كۆكتات (köktat)
• Vietnamese: rau (vi)
• Volapük: härbat (vo)
• West Frisian: griente (fy) c
• Xhosa: umfuno, imifuno pl
• Zhuang: byaek

edible part of such a plant

• Bashkir: йәшелсә (yäšelsä)
• Belarusian: гародніна pl (harodnina)
• French: légume (fr) m
• Greek: λαχανικό (el) n (lachanikó)
• Hebrew: יֶרֶק (he) (yerek)
• Japanese: 野菜 (ja) (yasai)
• Kalenjin: ngiek
• Korean: 나물 (ko) (namul), 채소 (ko) (chaeso)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: holus n
• Luhya: chinyenyi

• Malayalam: പച്ചക്കറി (ml) (paccakkaṟi)
• Mongolian: хүнсний ногоо (hünsnij nogoo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grønnsak (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: grønsak f

• Swahili: mboga (sw)
• Swedish: grönsak (sv) c
• Thai: ผัก (th) (pàk)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Tuvan: ногаа (nogaa)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

a person whose brain has been damaged

• Catalan: vegetal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 植物人 (zh) (zhíwùrén)

• Danish: grøntsag (da) c, grønsag (da) c
• Dutch: plant (nl) m
• Finnish: vihannes (fi)
• French: légume (fr) m
• German: Dahinvegetierende m, f
• Greek: φυτό (el) n (fytó)
• Interlingua: vegetal

• Italian: vegetale (it) m
• Japanese: 植物人間 (shokubutsu ningen)
• Korean: 식물 인간 (singmul in-gan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grønnsak (no) m

  Nynorsk: grønnsak m

• Portuguese: vegetal (pt) m
• Romanian: legumă (ro) f
• Spanish: vegetal (es) m

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• Basque: ^{(please verify)} lekazi (eu), ^{(please verify)} barazki, ^{(please verify)} landare
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} legomo (eo)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} sayur (id), ^{(please verify)} sayur-mayur

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} verdura
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ירק (he), ^{(please verify)} צמח (he)

Adjective

vegetable (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to plants.
2. Of or relating to vegetables.

Translations

of or relating to plants

• Basque: landare-
• Catalan: vegetal (ca)
• Dutch: planten-, plantaardig (nl)
• Esperanto: legoma
• Finnish: kasvi-
• French: végétal (fr)
• German: pflanzlich (de)
• Greek: φυτο- (fyto-)
• Interlingua: vegetal

• Italian: vegetale (it)
• Macedonian: растителен m (rastítelen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vegetabilsk

  Nynorsk: vegetabilsk

• Portuguese: vegetal (pt)
• Romanian: vegetal (ro) m, n
• Spanish: vegetal (es)

of or relating to vegetables

• Dutch: groente-
• Finnish: kasvis-
• French: légumier (fr)
• German: Pflanzen- (de), Gemüse- (de)
• Greek: φυτο- (fyto-)
• Interlingua: leguminose

• Japanese: 野菜の (yasai no), 植物の (shokubutsu no), ベジタブルな (bejitaburu-na) (colloquial), 菜〜 (sai-), 野菜〜 (yasai-), 植物〜 (shokubutsu-)
• Macedonian: зеленчуков m (zelénčukov)
• Portuguese: leguminoso

Related terms

• vegan
• vegetarian
• vegetate
• vegetation
• veggie
• vegetable oil

External links

• Vegetable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• vegetable (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:vegetable (disambiguation)