leek

Signification (Anglais)

1. A vegetable of variety variety, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
2. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

Concepts

poireau

porreau

porrée

asperge du pauvre

poirette

poirée

ail

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échalote

ciboule

poireau cultivé

poireau commun

allium porrum

Synonymes

scallion

Allium porrum

see

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green onion

wart

wild

shallot

look

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/liːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Low German Look (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Danish løg (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.