vegetable
/ˈvedʒtəbəl/VEJ-tuh-buhl
/ˈvɛdʒtəbəl/VEJ-tuh-buhl
Meaninglively (growing)
Common meaning: a plant eaten as food
- vegetlively, vigorousLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1962 · scan
- ableable to be
Journey through time
- Latinvegetus, -a, -um‘lively, vigorous’
- Frenchavant
- Englishvegetable‘a plant eaten as food’ · today
veget also in: vegetate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vegetus ‘lively, vigorous’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vegetus, p. 1962 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vegetus, -a, -um Latin “lively, vigorous”
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