vanilla
Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, bearing podlike fruit yielding an…Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
» The only flavor ice cream that Tom eats is vanilla.
Die einzige Geschmacksrichtung bei Eis, die Tom mag, ist Vanille.
Единственное мороженое, которое ест Том, — это мороженое со вкусом ванили.
Єдине морозиво, яке їсть Том, — це ванільне.
Meaning
9 senses(countable)Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
вани́льvanílʹ
(countable)The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
Vanille
вани́льvanílʹ
(uncountable)The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
(uncountable)The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
Vanille, Vanille-
вани́льvanílʹ
a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans
(uncountable)Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.
Vanille
вани́льvanílʹ, вани́льvanílʹ
(countable, slang)Someone who is not into fetishism.
(slang, uncountable)An unmodded version of a game.
(countable, uncountable)A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.
(countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable)A white person.
Examples
62 sentencesThe only flavor ice cream that Tom eats is vanilla.
Єдине морозиво, яке їсть Том, — це ванільне.
ruЕдинственное мороженое, которое ест Том, — это мороженое со вкусом ванили.
deDie einzige Geschmacksrichtung bei Eis, die Tom mag, ist Vanille.
For dessert, Tom ordered chocolate parfait with vanilla ice cream.
На десерт Том замовив шоколадне парфе з ванільним морозивом.
ruНа десерт Том заказал шоколадное парфе с ванильным мороженым.
deZum Nachtisch bestellte sich Tom Schokoladenparfait mit Vanilleeis.
I want a vanilla ice cream.
Я хочу ванільне морозиво.
ruХочу ванильное мороженое.
deIch hätte gern ein Vanilleeis.
Two vanilla ice creams, please.
Два ванільних морозива, будь ласка.
ruДва ванильных мороженых, пожалуйста.
deZweimal Vanilleeis, bitte.
I love vanilla ice cream.
Я люблю ванільне морозиво.
deIch liebe Vanilleeis.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses deriveBorrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.
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Forms
plural: vanillasSynonyms
4 synonyms- a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans):vanilla extract
Word family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable