carrot
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour,…A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
» They sell carrots at the grocery store.
У продуктовому магазині продається морква.
Meaning
6 senses(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
(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
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(UK, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)Someone from a rural background.
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Examples
260 sentencesThey sell carrots at the grocery store.
У продуктовому магазині продається морква.
How much do the carrots cost?
Скільки коштує морква?
ruСколько стоит морковь?
deWie viel kosten die Karotten?
I'm allergic to carrots.
У мене алергія на моркву.
ruУ меня аллергия на морковь.
deIch habe eine Möhrenallergie.
Tom doesn't like carrots.
Тому не подобається морква.
ruТом не любит морковку.
deTom mag keine Karotten.
I peeled the carrots.
Я почистив моркву.
ruЯ почистил морковь.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, fInherited 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: carrotsSynonyms
3 synonyms- perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions:cultivated carrotDaucus carota sativa
Word family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- like carrots
- raw carrots
- hate carrots