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vegetable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

(California) audio
/ˌvɛdʒɪˈʈebəl/ (India, North)
(London) audio
/ˈvɛdʒɪʈəbɪl/ (India, South)
/ˈved͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
[ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bɫ̩] (UK, dialectal)
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/ (Canada, US, dialectal)
[ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈved͡ʒ.tə.bɫ̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bəl/ (UK, dialectal)

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 From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from vegetāre (“to enliven”). Displaced Old English wyrt and ofett, whence modern wort and ovest. Related to vigil, vigour, vajra, and waker.

Meanings

(not-comparable) Of or relating to plants.
- This substance is vegetable, not mineral.
- On an early winter afternoon, clear but not cold, when the vegetable world was a weird multitude of skeletons through whose ribs the sun shone freely, a gleaming landau came to a pause on the crest of a hill in Wessex. 1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 1:
(not-comparable) Of or relating to vegetables.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
vegitable		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Descendants

vejetebel · vɛjitebul · vejetebel

Translations (53)

la olitōrius (of or relating to vegetables) · mk расти́телен (of or relating to plants) · ja ベジタブルな (of or relating to vegetables) · ja 菜〜 (of or relating to vegetables) · ta காய்கறி (of or relating to plants) · de Pflanzen- (of or relating to vegetables) · cy llysieuol (of or relating to vegetables) · grc λαχανηρός (of or relating to vegetables) · it vegetale (of or relating to plants) · el φυτο- (of or relating to vegetables) · ja 植物〜 (of or relating to vegetables) · es vegetable (of or relating to plants) · bg зеленчуков (of or relating to vegetables) · hi सब्ज़ी (of or relating to vegetables) · ja 野菜〜 (of or relating to vegetables) · nl planten- (of or relating to plants) · cy planhigol (of or relating to plants) · pl jarzynowy (of or relating to vegetables) · nl plantaardig (of or relating to plants) · de Gemüse- (of or relating to vegetables) · ko 채소 (of or relating to vegetables) · uk росли́нний (of or relating to plants) · ia vegetal (of or relating to plants) · fi kasvis- (of or relating to vegetables) · fi kasvi- (of or relating to plants) · ja 植物の (of or relating to vegetables) · cmn 蔬菜 (of or relating to plants) · mk зеле́нчуков (of or relating to vegetables) · ro vegetal (of or relating to plants) · ko 야채 (of or relating to vegetables) · ia leguminose (of or relating to vegetables) · pt leguminoso (of or relating to vegetables) · vi rau (of or relating to plants) · eo legoma (of or relating to plants) · ar نَبَاتِيّ (of or relating to plants) · fr légumier (of or relating to vegetables) · eu landare- (of or relating to plants) · ru овощно́й (of or relating to vegetables) · ca vegetal (of or relating to plants) · ta காய்கறி (of or relating to vegetables) · de pflanzlich (of or relating to plants) · ar خَضْرَاوِيّ (of or relating to vegetables) · nl groente- (of or relating to vegetables) · nb vegetabilsk (of or relating to plants) · nn vegetabilsk (of or relating to plants) · pl roślinny (of or relating to plants) · bg растителен (of or relating to plants) · fr végétal (of or relating to plants) · ja 野菜の (of or relating to vegetables) · el φυτο- (of or relating to plants) · pt vegetal (of or relating to plants) · pl warzywny (of or relating to vegetables) · es vegetal (of or relating to plants)

vegetable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(California) audio
/ˌvɛdʒɪˈʈebəl/ (India, North)
(London) audio
/ˈvɛdʒɪʈəbɪl/ (India, South)
/ˈved͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
[ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bɫ̩] (UK, dialectal)
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/ (Canada, US, dialectal)
[ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bɫ̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈved͡ʒ.tə.bɫ̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.ə.tə.bəl/ (UK, dialectal)

Etymology

Meanings

(archaic) Any plant.
- That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable. 1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 23, page 222:
- The first of the tall trees was reached, and by the bearings proved the wrong one. So with the second. The third rose nearly two hundred feet into the air above a clump of underwood — a giant of a vegetable, with a red column as big as a cottage, and a wide shadow around in which a company could have manoeuvred. 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
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, herb, or spice in the culinary sense, and usually including non-plants lumped into the same culinary category, such as edible mushrooms and seaweed.
- It’s true that agriculture at the time was organic, food was locally produced and there were no ultraprocessed foods. But fresh fruits and vegetables were in short supply because they were difficult to ship and because growing seasons were so short. 2025 January 13, Gina Kolata, “Have Americans Ever Really Been Healthy?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025:
The edible part of such a plant.
(derogatory, figuratively, often) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, whose body) has been damaged to the point that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.
(historical, qualifier:RAF, slang) A mine (explosive device).

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
vegetables	Number=Plur		lexicographic
vegitable		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Coordinates

fruit

Deriveds

Translations (336)

bcl gulay (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · mk зеленчук (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lt daržovė (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ko 채소 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ug كۆكتات (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · aoz utan (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · pt legume (edible part of such a plant) · oc vegetal (any plant) · it verdura (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · et köögivili (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · da grønsag (a person whose brain has been damaged) · nl plant (any plant) · zza zerzawat (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · mba utanon (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · cs zelenina (any plant) · sq zarzavate (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lb Geméis (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nv naniseʼ yidánígíí (edible part of such a plant) · eo legomo (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · pt hortaliça (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lbe ахънилсри (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · jv janganan (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · hy բանջարեղեն (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · fr légume (edible part of such a plant) · nl groente (edible part of such a plant) · bcl gulay (edible part of such a plant) · so khudaarta (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · my ဟင်းသီးဟင်းရွက် (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ar خَضْرَاوَات (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sk zelenina (any plant) · he יֶרֶק (edible part of such a plant) · th ผัก (a person whose brain has been damaged) · mn ургамал (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · hy բանջար (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · uz sabzavot (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ko 식물 (any plant) · da grøntsag (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · grc λάχανον (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · km បន្លែ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · yi גרינצײַג (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · la holus (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · is grænmeti (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · alt ӧлӧҥ-чӧп (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lv dārzenis (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ssb sasayulan (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nn grønsak (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ky жашылча (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ml പച്ചക്കറി (edible part of such a plant) · ar نَبَات (any plant) · th ผัก (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · it vegetale (any plant) · sl zelenjava (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · pam gule (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · za byaek (edible part of such a plant) · ca llegum (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lt augalas (any plant) · ceb utanon (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ja 青物 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · uk росли́на (any plant) · tr zerzevat (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ko 채소 (edible part of such a plant) · pl warzywo (a person whose brain has been damaged) · pl warzywo (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · es vegetable (any plant) · kix sāngô (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · th พืชผัก (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · is grænmeti (any plant) · tr göverti (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · vi người thực vật (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ta மரக்கறி (edible part of such a plant) · mnc ᠰᠣᡤᡳ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · aoz utnin (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · min sayua-sayuaran (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · fa-ira سَبْزی (any plant) · gd luibh-gàraidh (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · cmn 蔬菜 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · cmn 植物人 (a person whose brain has been damaged) · mn хүнсний ногоо (edible part of such a plant) · es hortaliza (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ce хасстом (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sv planta (any plant) · mt ħaxix (any plant) · tyv ногаа (edible part of such a plant) · ja 植物 (any plant) · mn хүнсний ногоо (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · xqa ياشْ (any plant) · ro legumă (a person whose brain has been damaged) · aii ܝܲܪܩܵܐ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · luy chinyenyi (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · io legumo (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sv grönsak (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · eo kreskaĵo (any plant) · ar خُضَار (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sv grönsak (a person whose brain has been damaged) · es mata (any plant) · pt legume (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · de Dahinvegetierender (a person whose brain has been damaged) · oc legum (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ta காய்கறி (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nb grønnsak (a person whose brain has been damaged) · he צֶמַח (a person whose brain has been damaged) · de Gemüse (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · hi सब्ज़ी (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sd سبزي (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · es legumbre (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · fi vihannes (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nn grønnsak (a person whose brain has been damaged) · be агаро́дніна (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · yi גרינס (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · msk golay (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · mnc ᠰᠣᡤᡳ (edible part of such a plant) · be раслі́на (any plant) · aii ܝܲܪܩܵܐ (any plant) · gd glasraich (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ug ئۆسۈملۈك (any plant) · as পাচলি (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · th ผัก (edible part of such a plant) · bg расте́ние (any plant) · tr sebze (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · otk 𐰖𐰀𐰽 (any plant) · sq perime (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · bo བཞེས་ཚལ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tl lantang gulay (a person whose brain has been damaged) · es vegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ta காய்கறி (edible part of such a plant) · tr bitki (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ja 植物人間 (a person whose brain has been damaged) · fr végétal (any plant) · sw mboga (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ang wyrt (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ca hortalissa (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · eu barazki (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kxd sayur (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tg сабзавот (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · pt vegetal (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ka ბოსტნეული (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · uk о́воч (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tkl fuālākau (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tr et (edible part of such a plant) · sh по̀врће (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · pl zielenina (any plant) · sw mboga (edible part of such a plant) · az tərəvəz (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · dsb zelenina (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · min sayuaran (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · luy chinyenyi (edible part of such a plant) · bn সবজি (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lo ຜັກ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tl gulay (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lad zarzavat (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ko 식물 인간 (a person whose brain has been damaged) · nrf légeume (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · el φυτό (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ro legume (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nl gewas (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · yi געוויקס (any plant) · gl vexetal (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kw losowen gegin (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · hil kautanan (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · rue зеленина (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tr bitki (any plant) · mr भाजी (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · be гаро́дніна (edible part of such a plant) · cs zelenina (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tt яшелчә (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · hu növény (any plant) · nl plant (a person whose brain has been damaged) · hi सब्ज़ी (any plant) · el φυτό (any plant) · fa-ira سَبْزی (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · xh umfuno (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sv växt (any plant) · hi तरकारी (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · aii ܝܲܪܩܵܐ (edible part of such a plant) · ko 야채 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kl grøntsagi (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · da grøntsag (a person whose brain has been damaged) · pl jarzyna (edible part of such a plant) · za byaek (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · la planta (any plant) · id sayuran (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · cps kautanan (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · vo härbat (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ja ベジタブル (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ba үҫемлек (any plant) · lv dārzeņi (edible part of such a plant) · ang wyrt (any plant) · rsk желєнява (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · za byaekheu (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ko 푸성귀 (any plant) · cy llysieuyn (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ga glasra (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · grc φυτόν (any plant) · gu સબજી (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · xh imifuno (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · de Gemüse (edible part of such a plant) · fr légume (a person whose brain has been damaged) · lo ຕາໂກ້ງ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · af groente (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · uk о́воч (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ia legumine (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kxd gulai (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · gd luiseanachd (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · tsg sayul (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ota سبزه (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · el λαχανικό (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · oj gitigaanens (edible part of such a plant) · ko 푸성귀 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nn grønsak (edible part of such a plant) · ast verdura (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ca vegetal (any plant) · he יֶרֶק (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · grc λάχανον (edible part of such a plant) · fr légume (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nrf légùeume (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sh pòvrće (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ba йәшелсә (edible part of such a plant) · pag pising (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sa चुच्चु (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ta மரக்கறி (any plant) · gu શાકભાજી (any plant) · kok रन्देकायि (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · es verdura (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ja 野菜 (edible part of such a plant) · si එළවළු (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kk көкөніс (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ta மரக்கறி (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · it vegetale (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ajp خُضْرَة (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · be гаро́дніна (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ja 野菜 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ru о́вощ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nds Gemöös (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lv augs (any plant) · pl warzywo (edible part of such a plant) · es gulay (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · eo planto (any plant) · lv stāds (any plant) · id sayur-sayuran (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nv chʼil daadánígíí (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ca verdura (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sat ᱫᱟᱨᱮ (any plant) · ru расте́ние (any plant) · kw lojowen-dhebri (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ch Gollai siha (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ar بَقْلَة (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ta காய்கறி (any plant) · ce хасстом (edible part of such a plant) · et aedvili (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · lv dārzenis (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ru о́вощ (edible part of such a plant) · krj ulutanon (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · es verdolaga (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · be расьлі́на (any plant) · msk golay (edible part of such a plant) · sh bȋljka (any plant) · ko 나물 (edible part of such a plant) · sk zelenina (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ka მცენარე (any plant) · ilo nateng (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · cmn 植物 (any plant) · tk gök önüm (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · cmn 菜蔬 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sa शाक (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · de Dahinvegetierende (a person whose brain has been damaged) · el λαχανικό (edible part of such a plant) · ba йәшелсә (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ca vegetal (a person whose brain has been damaged) · pa ਸਬਜ਼ੀ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ia vegetal (a person whose brain has been damaged) · ar خُضَر (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · mk расте́ние (any plant) · ro vegetală (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · da grønsag (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ary خضرة (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · es vegetal (a person whose brain has been damaged) · mt ħaxix (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · pt vegetal (any plant) · cmn 青菜 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · sah оҕуруот аһа (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kld gawaarraa (edible part of such a plant) · dta nuwaa (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · gl vexetal (any plant) · nrf lédgeunme (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ko 남새 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · eo legomo (edible part of such a plant) · ms sayuran (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · es vegetal (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kln ngiek (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kok ತರಕಾರಿ (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · arz خضار (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · fa-ira گِیاه (any plant) · ivv rakarakanen (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ar بَقْلَة (any plant) · cmn 菜 (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ur سَبْزی (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · bg зеленчу́к (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · la holus (edible part of such a plant) · ru о́вощ (a person whose brain has been damaged) · es planta (any plant) · vi thực vật (any plant) · ia vegetal (any plant) · sv grönsak (edible part of such a plant) · pl jarzyna (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ro vegetală (any plant) · nb grønnsak (edible part of such a plant) · de Gewächs (any plant) · ms sayur-sayuran (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · th พืช (any plant) · sh би̑љка (any plant) · ckb سەوزە (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nl gewas (any plant) · sw mmea (any plant) · nb grønnsak (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · vi rau (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · mi huawhenua (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · fi vihannes (edible part of such a plant) · eo vegetaĵo (any plant) · fi kasvi (any plant) · es vegetal (any plant) · gl verdura (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · fy griente (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · nl groente (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ce орамат (any plant) · war utan (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · ro legumă (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · jv sayuaran (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · kmr sebze sebze (any plant) · ckb سەوزە (any plant) · kln ngiek (edible part of such a plant) · bcl gulay (any plant) · br legumaj (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · hy բույս (any plant) · hu zöldség (a plant raised for some edible part of it) · fi vihannes (a person whose brain has been damaged) · lo ສາກ (a plant raised for some edible part of it)

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