leek en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /liːk/
- lēk
Etymology
From Middle English leek, leeke, lek, leke, leyke, from Old English lēac, lēc (“allium; garlic or leek”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (“leek”), from *leukaną, *lūkaną (“to close, shut”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German Làuich (“leek”), Dutch look (“leek”), Plautdietsch Luak (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek”), Danish løg (“onion”), Faroese leykur (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“garlic, leek, onion”), Norwegian Bokmål løk (“onion”), Norwegian Nynorsk lauk, løk (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian лук (luk, “onion”), Polabian lauk (“garlic”), Serbo-Croatian лу̏к, lȕk (“onion; garlic”), Estonian lauk (“allium”), Finnish and Ingrian laukka (“onion”), Livonian lōka (“onion”), Livvi laukku (“onion”), Ludian lauk (“leek; onion”); also Gaulish lunget (“to load”), Irish fulaing (“to bear; to support; to sustain; to mountain”), Scottish Gaelic fuiling, fulaing (“to suffer; to stand; to allow; to bear”), Welsh gollwng (“to drop, release; to leak; to dissolve”), Latin luxus (“dislocated”), Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos, “chaste tree; flexible twig, withe”), Albanian vlug (“peak”), Sanskrit रुग्ण (rugṇa, “bent, broken, checked; diseased, infirm, sick”). See garlic.
Meanings
- A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
- Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leeks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
garden leek · sand leek · Persian leek · eat the leek · meadow leek · wild leek · leek rust · lily leek · threecorner leek · swallow the leek · leeky · leek moth · green leek parrot · narrowleaf wild leek · houseleek · leek orchid · rose leek · leek-green · Asian leek · green leek · native leek · broadleaf wild leek · leekish · leeklike
Descendants
Relateds
garlic · Thrips tabaci · leak
Synonyms
garden leek (Allium ampeloprasum) · scallion (Allium ampeloprasum) · broadleaf wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum) · the Cambrian symbol (Allium ampeloprasum)
Translations (132)
ga cainneann (vegetable) · pap siboyo largu (vegetable) · fa ترهفرنگی (vegetable) · nrf pouothé (vegetable) · ht powo (vegetable) · ko 파 (vegetable) · fr poirée (vegetable) · es porro (vegetable) · fr asperge du pauvre (vegetable) · fr porreau (vegetable) · ru поре́й (vegetable) · la porrum (vegetable) · id prei (vegetable) · cy cenhinen (vegetable) · wa porea (vegetable) · fi purjosipuli (vegetable) · axm քուռաթ (vegetable) · de Breitlauch (vegetable) · sv purjolök (vegetable) · oj zhigaagawanzh (vegetable) · no purreløk (vegetable) · cs pór zahradní (vegetable) · enm lek (vegetable) · tr pırasa (vegetable) · gl allo porro (vegetable) · sk pór (vegetable) · bo སྙུག་ཚོང (vegetable) · el πράσο (vegetable) · es puerro (vegetable) · de Winterlauch (vegetable) · km ស្លឹកខ្ទឹម (vegetable) · lad prasa (vegetable) · ee agumetaku (vegetable) · pt alho-poró (vegetable) · lv puravs (vegetable) · fr porrée (vegetable) · cmn 韭蔥 /韭葱 (vegetable) · gl porro (vegetable) · kmr kurat (vegetable) · mi riki (vegetable) · rup prash (vegetable) · hu póréhagyma (vegetable) · is púrra (vegetable) · io porelo (vegetable) · la ulpicum (vegetable) · sh praziluk (vegetable) · lzz პრასკჲა (vegetable) · nds Porree (vegetable) · ka პრასი (vegetable) · haw leka (vegetable) · sh poriluk (vegetable) · fr poirette (vegetable) · lb Porrett (vegetable) · km ខ្ទឹមស្លឹក (vegetable) · is blaðlaukur (vegetable) · nci huēyi caxtīllān xonacatl (vegetable) · apc بَراصِيا (vegetable) · ota پراصه (vegetable) · ar كُرَّاث (vegetable) · hy պրաս (vegetable) · is púrrulaukur (vegetable) · de Porree (vegetable) · ka პრასა (vegetable) · kmr qurad (vegetable) · egy i-A-q:t-M2:Z2ss (vegetable) · wa poret (vegetable) · ast puerru (vegetable) · uk поре́й (vegetable) · pt alho-porro (vegetable) · pt alho-francês (vegetable) · da porre (vegetable) · th กระเทียมต้น (vegetable) · tl kutsay (vegetable) · sq presh (vegetable) · pdt Luak (vegetable) · lad puerro (vegetable) · he כְּרֵשָׁה (vegetable) · nl prei (vegetable) · pl por (vegetable) · sl pôr (vegetable) · it porro (vegetable) · no purre (vegetable) · sh празилук (vegetable) · de Lauch (vegetable) · hu póré (vegetable) · sga cainnenn (vegetable) · fr poireau (vegetable) · mt kurrata (vegetable) · eo poreo (vegetable) · az kəvər soğanı (vegetable) · bbl პრას (vegetable) · cs pórek (vegetable) · oc pòrre (vegetable) · eu porru (vegetable) · dta sors (vegetable) · sh праса (vegetable) · hi गंदना (vegetable) · mk праз (vegetable) · gmq-pro ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (vegetable) · ja 葱 (vegetable) · arz كرات (vegetable) · fo purra (vegetable) · vi tỏi tây (vegetable) · es poro (vegetable) · bg праз (vegetable) · ckb کەوەری فەرەنگی (vegetable) · ca porro (vegetable) · pt porro (vegetable) · ur کراث (vegetable) · et porrulauk (vegetable) · wa porete (vegetable) · yi פּאָרע־ציבעלע (vegetable) · mn жууцай (vegetable) · acw كُرَّاث (vegetable) · ab апрасқьиа (vegetable) · cu прасъ (vegetable) · fi purjo (vegetable) · uk цибуля-поре́й (vegetable) · cu празъ (vegetable) · et lauk (vegetable) · gd creamh-gàrraidh (vegetable) · ru лук-поре́й (vegetable) · sl por (vegetable) · af prei (vegetable) · grc πράσον (vegetable) · nl porrei (vegetable) · ang lēac (vegetable) · sh пoрилук (vegetable) · sq preshi (vegetable) · xcl պրաս (vegetable) · sh prasa (vegetable) · ro praz (vegetable)