Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

    Karotte, Möhre, Mohrrübe

    морко́вьmorkóvʹ, морко́вкаmorkóvka, морква́morkvá

    мо́ркваmórkva

  2. (countable, uncountable)A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

    deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.

  4. (UK, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)Someone from a rural background.

  5. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.

  6. (countable, slang, uncountable)A redhead; a ginger-haired person

Examples

260 sentences
  1. They sell carrots at the grocery store.

    У продуктовому магазині продається морква.

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  2. How much do the carrots cost?

    Скільки коштує морква?

    ruСколько стоит морковь?

    deWie viel kosten die Karotten?

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  3. I'm allergic to carrots.

    У мене алергія на моркву.

    ruУ меня аллергия на морковь.

    deIch habe eine Möhrenallergie.

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  4. Tom doesn't like carrots.

    Тому не подобається морква.

    ruТом не любит морковку.

    deTom mag keine Karotten.

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  5. I peeled the carrots.

    Я почистив моркву.

    ruЯ почистил морковь.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Daucus carota ssp. sativus:
Русский
By meaning 1
Daucus carota ssp. sativus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Daucus carota ssp. sativus:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, f

Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”).

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Forms

plural: carrots
Singularcarrot
Pluralcarrots

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

26 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • like carrots
  • raw carrots
  • hate carrots

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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