Vegetable

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms

English

Etymology

(1350-1400) Middle English (adj.), from Latin vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from Latin vegetare ("to enliven")

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /"vEdZ(@)t@b(@)l/

Noun

1. Any plant.
2. A plant raised for some edible part of it (leaves, roots).
3. (Metaph.) A person whose body or brain has been damaged so that he cannot interact with the surrounding environment.

Translations

Basque: lekazi , barazki , landare Dutch: groente f, gewas n, plant m Esperanto: legomo Finnish: kasvi (1), vihannes (2, 3) French: légume f German: Gewächs n (1), Gemüse n (2) Indonesian: sayur / sayur-mayur Interlingua: vegetal (1,3); verdura , legumine (2)

Italian: vegetale m (1,3); verdura f (2) Japanese: 野菜 (やさい, yasai) Korean: 야채 [野菜] (yachae) south, 남새 (namsae) north Latin: holus Portuguese: vegetal m (1,3); hortaliça f, verdura f, legume m (2) Spanish: legumbre m, vegetal m Turkish: sebze

Adjective

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

Translations

Basque: landare- Dutch: plantaardig Esperanto: legoma French: végétal

Interlingua: vegetal (1); leguminose (2) Italian: vegetale Portuguese: vegetal m & f (1); leguminoso m (2) Spanish: vegetal

Related terms

• vegan
• vegetarian
• vegetate
• vegetation
• veggie