vegan en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈveɪɡən/ (nonstandard, rare)
- /ˈviːɡən/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetus Latin vegetāre, vegetō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English vegetarian English vegan Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.
Meanings
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(especially, not-comparable, of a product or practice) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
The interest of heavyweight investors is confirmation that vegan food has gone mainstream, but it could also make it harder for Oatly to maintain its anti-establishment image.
2021 May 18, Jack Ewing, Lauren Hirsch, “The Big Money Is Going Vegan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:This chocolate cake is vegan.
Is their way of eating healthy and safe? Doctors and nutritionists generally give an almost unqualified “yes” to lacto‐ovo vegetarianism, but express some doubts about vegan diets.
1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:He eats a completely vegan diet.
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(not-comparable, of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
She is not vegan as she eats eggs and wears leather.
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(not-comparable) Relating to vegans or veganism.
Yesterday I went to a vegan party.
She is interested in vegan philosophy.
Deriveds
unvegan · veganniversary · veganite · veganify · vegangelical · pegan · vacon · veganness · veganic · antivegan · veganlike · veganly · vegaroni · veganize · veganist · vegan burger · Veganuary · veganity · vegansexual · seagan · nonvegan · veganaise · veganhood · freegan · veganarchism · veganism
Synonyms
Translations (45)
cy figanaidd (relating to vegans or veganism) · cs veganský (relating to vegans or veganism) · ca vegà (relating to vegans or veganism) · nl veganistisch (relating to vegans or veganism) · hu vegán (relating to vegans or veganism) · cmn 純素 /纯素 (relating to vegans or veganism) · nn vegansk (relating to vegans or veganism) · ar خُضْرِيّ (relating to vegans or veganism) · ka ვეგანური (relating to vegans or veganism) · gl vegano (relating to vegans or veganism) · fi vegaaninen (relating to vegans or veganism) · cy feganaidd (relating to vegans or veganism) · da vegansk (relating to vegans or veganism) · sh veganka (relating to vegans or veganism) · nb vegansk (relating to vegans or veganism) · vi thuần chay (relating to vegans or veganism) · ru вега́нский (relating to vegans or veganism) · fr végan (relating to vegans or veganism) · fa گیاهخوار مطلق (relating to vegans or veganism) · ru ве́ганский (relating to vegans or veganism) · tr vegan (relating to vegans or veganism) · pt vegano (relating to vegans or veganism) · nl vegan (relating to vegans or veganism) · fr végétalien (relating to vegans or veganism) · hu vega (relating to vegans or veganism) · eo vegana (relating to vegans or veganism) · sh vegan (relating to vegans or veganism) · sv vegansk (relating to vegans or veganism) · ro vegan (relating to vegans or veganism) · pl wegański (relating to vegans or veganism) · ja ビーガン (relating to vegans or veganism) · es vegano (relating to vegans or veganism) · ga veigeánach (relating to vegans or veganism) · uk вега́н (relating to vegans or veganism) · ro vegană (relating to vegans or veganism) · bg веган (relating to vegans or veganism) · sh веган (relating to vegans or veganism) · it vegano (relating to vegans or veganism) · de vegan (relating to vegans or veganism) · hi वीगन (relating to vegans or veganism) · mi karohuarehe (relating to vegans or veganism) · he טִבְעוֹנִי (relating to vegans or veganism) · sh веганка (relating to vegans or veganism) · fr végane (relating to vegans or veganism) · mk вегански (relating to vegans or veganism)