lentil

Significat (Anglès)

1. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
2. The seed of these plants, used as food.
3. A small chocolate candy in an edible shell.

Conceptes

llentia

llentilla

lent

lenteja

Sinònims

lentil plant

lens

Lens culinaris

electron lens

hyacinth bean

lens system

pulse

lense

lentils

Traduccions

lenticchia

lentille

lenteja

Linse

φακή

linze

lentilha

mercimek

lens

lente

Lens

عدس

nîsk

Lens culinaris

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈlɛntəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb alemany: Linse

Cognat amb grec antic: λάθυρος

Cognat amb lituà: lęšis

In summary

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse, Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros) and Lithuanian lęšis. Doublet of lenticula.