vegetable

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any plant.
2. 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.
3. The edible part of such a plant.
4. (derogatory, figuratively) 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.
5. (historical, slang) A mine (explosive device).

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to plants.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to vegetables.

Concepten

groente

plant

🌱

gewas

plantaardig

groente-

planten-

biet

groene groente

bladgroente

groenten

nietsnut

Synoniemen

plant

🌱

veggie

vegetables

veg

curry

🍛

vegetal

green

herb

🌿

greens

vegetative

pepper

wort

green plants

celery

grass

tomato

🍅

roots

pot-herb

vegetation

leaves

🍃

meal

nettle

paper

peon

produce

shrub

stems

KO

tree

🌳

tubers

undergrowth

vegetable life

vegetable matter

green vegetables

ceremony to inaugurate use of new millet crop

dried vegetables

fried food

water plant

fresh vegetables

Urtica

phyton

farm plant

short cycled plant

green vegetable

any edible leaf

leguminous plant

food plant

beet

phytum

beetroot

Vertalingen

Gemüse

légume

verdura

verdura

vegetal

hortaliza

λαχανικό

vegetale

legume

sebze

vegetal

🌱

legumbre

ortaggio

verdura

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: vegetable

Verwant aan Oudengels: wyrt

In summary

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.
Related to vigil, vigour, vajra, and waker.

Zinnen

I think I see John and Mina over there in the vegetable aisle .

Ik denk dat ik John en Mina daar zie in het gangbare gangpad.