vegetal

See also: végétal and vegetál

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vegetālis, from vegetō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒɨtl̩/
• enPR: vĕjʹĭ-tl, IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒɪ̈tl̩/
• Rhymes: -ɛdʒɪtəl
• Hyphenation UK: ve‧ge‧tal, US: veg‧e‧tal

Adjective

vegetal (comparative more vegetal, superlative most vegetal)

1. (now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). [from 15th c.]
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:

     Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […].

2. Pertaining to vegetables or plants. [from 16th c.]
3. (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

Derived terms

• vegetally
• vegetal pole

Translations

pertaining to vegetables or plants

• Esperanto: vegetala
• Finnish: kasvillinen (fi), kasvi-, kasvis-
• French: végétal (fr) m
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• Georgian: მცენარეული (mcenareuli), მცენარეთა (mcenareta)
• Portuguese: vegetal (pt) m or f
• Spanish: vegetal (es)

Noun

vegetal (plural vegetals)

1. (obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
   • (Can we date this quote by Burton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.

Anagrams

• gavelet

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.ʒəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.ʒəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ve.d͡ʒeˈtal]

Adjective

vegetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vegetals)

1. relating to plants or vegetables

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Interlingua

Adjective

vegetal (not comparable)

1. vegetal, vegetable

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ved͡ʒeˈtal/

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetaj)

1. vegetable

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veʒeˈtaw/
• IPA^(key): /vɨʒɨˈtaɫ/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧tal

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetais)

1. vegetable (edible material derived from a plant)
2. (figuratively) vegetable (person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)

Synonyms

• (edible material derived from a plant):, verdura f, planta f, erva f, hortaliça f

Adjective

1. Relative to plants and vegetables

   Célula vegetal.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bexeˈtal/ [be.xeˈt̪al]
• Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧tal

Adjective

vegetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vegetales)

1. vegetal

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetales)

1. vegetable

Synonyms

• verdura f