spinach
A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leavesA particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
» I can't get Tom to eat spinach.
Я не могу заставить Тома есть шпинат.
Я не можу умовити Тома поїсти шпинату.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
Spinat
шпина́тšpinát
шпина́тšpynát
southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
(countable, uncountable)Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Thick rough.
That shot left me in the spinach!
Examples
125 sentencesI can't get Tom to eat spinach.
Я не можу умовити Тома поїсти шпинату.
ruЯ не могу заставить Тома есть шпинат.
Children often hate spinach.
Діти часто ненавидять шпинат.
ruЧасто дети ненавидят шпинат.
deKinder hassen oft Spinat.
I used to hate spinach.
Я колись ненавидів шпинат.
ruЯ раньше ненавидел шпинат.
Eat your spinach.
Їж свій шпинат.
deEsst euren Spinat.
Tom hated spinach.
Том ненавидів шпинат.
ruТом ненавидел шпинат.
deTom hasste Spinat.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from OFrom Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).
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Forms
plural: spinachesSynonyms
4 synonyms- southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves:spinach plantprickly-seeded spinachSpinacia oleracea
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- like spinach
- hate spinach
- didn't like spinach
- eat spinach