vegetable
A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or…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, and usually including non-plants lumped into the same culinary category, such as edible mushrooms and seaweed.
» The prices of vegetables are down.
Ціни на овочі знижуються.
Meaning
5 sensesA 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, and usually including non-plants lumped into the same culinary category, such as edible mushrooms and seaweed.
Gemüse
о́вощóvošč
о́вочóvoč
The edible part of such a plant.
Gemüse
о́вощóvošč
any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower
(derogatory, figuratively, often)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.
Dahinvegetierender, Dahinvegetierende
о́вощóvošč
о́вочóvoč
(historical, slang)A mine (explosive device).
(archaic)Any plant.
Gewächs
расте́ниеrasténije
росли́наroslýna
Examples
861 sentencesThe prices of vegetables are down.
Ціни на овочі знижуються.
Why don't you eat some vegetables?
Чому б тобі не попоїсти овочей?
deWarum isst du kein Gemüse?
I eat a lot of vegetables.
Я їм багато овочів.
ruЯ ем много овощей.
deIch esse viel Gemüse.
Tom made vegetable soup for dinner.
На вечерю Том приготував овочевий суп.
deTom machte Gemüsesuppe zum Abendessen.
You need to eat vegetables every day.
Маєш їсти овочі кожного дня.
ruВам надо есть овощи каждый день.
deMan muß jeden Tag Gemüse essen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (“able toFrom 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, whence modern wort and ovest.
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Forms
plural: vegetables| Singular | vegetable |
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| Plural | vegetables |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
63 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Food and drink — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- eat more vegetables
- fruits and vegetables
- more vegetables
- eat vegetables
- eat his vegetables
- kinds of vegetables
- eat your vegetables
- vegetable soup
- bought some vegetables
- some vegetables
- only eats vegetables
- fresh vegetables