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Etymology
(1350-1400) ME. (adj.), from L. vegetabilis ("able to live and grow"), derived from L. vegetare ("to enliven")

Pronunciation
RP: IPA|/�ved�t�bl/
SAMPA|/"vEdZ(@)t@b(@)l/
audio|en-us-vegetable.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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en-noun

1. Any plant.
2. 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 in the culinary sense.
3. The edible part of such a plant.
4. (Metaph.) A person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment.

Translations
trans-top|any plant
Bosnian: t-|bs|biljka|f
Catalan: vegetal m
Croatian: t-|hr|biljka|f
Dutch: gewas n, plant#Dutch|plant m|f
Finnish: t+|fi|kasvi
German: t-|de|Gewächs|n
Greek: ���� (fitó) n
Interlingua: vegetal
Hungarian: t+|hu|növény
Italian: t+|it|vegetale|m
Japanese: �� (�����, shokubutsu)
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Korean: ��� (puseonggwi)
Kurdish:

Maltese: t-|mt|ħaxix|m|xs=Maltese
Portuguese: t+|pt|vegetal|m
Romanian: vegetala f
Serbian:

Spanish: t+|es|vegetal|m
Swedish: t+|sv|grönsak|c
Turkish: t+|tr|bitki
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trans-top|a plant raised for some edible part of it
Arabic: ARchar|خضار (�u�á:r)
Bosnian: povr�e p
Catalan: verdura f
Chinese: �� (shūcài), �� (qīngcài)
Croatian: povr�e p
Danish: grøntsag c, grønsag c
Dutch: groente f, gewas n
Finnish: t+|fi|vihannes
French: t+|fr|légume|f
German: t+|de|Gemüse|n
Greek: λα�ανικ� (lakhanikó) n
Hindi: सब��़� (sabzī)
Hungarian: t+|hu|zöldség
Interlingua: legumine
Italian: t+|it|verdura|f
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Japanese: �� (���, yasai), �� (����, aomono)
Korean: �� (chaeso)
Kurdish:

Lithuanian: daržov� f
Persian: FAchar|سبز� (sabzī)
Portuguese: t+|pt|verdura|f, t+|pt|hortaliça|f, t+|pt|legume|m
Punjabi: ਸਬ�਼� (sabzī)
Russian: t+|ru|ово�|m|tróvoš�|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: glasraich f, luibh-gàraidh f, luiseanachd f
Serbian:

Spanish: t+|es|verdura|f, t+|es|legumbre|m, t+|es|hortaliza|f
Swedish: t+|sv|grönsak|c
Turkish: t+|tr|sebze
Urdu: URchar|سبز� (sabzī)
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trans-top|some edible part of a plant
Malayalam: പ������റി (pachakkaRi)
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trans-top|a person whose body or brain has been damaged
Catalan: vegetal m
Dutch: t+|nl|plant|m
Finnish: t+|fi|vihannes
German: t+|de|Gemüse|n
Greek: ���� (fitó) n
Interlingua: vegetal
Italian: t+|it|vegetale|m
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Portuguese: t+|pt|vegetal|m
Romanian: leguma f
Spanish: t+|es|vegetal|m
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ttbc|Basque: lekazi, barazki, landare
ttbc|Esperanto: legomo
ttbc|Indonesian: sayur, sayur-mayur
ttbc|Interlingua: verdura
ttbc|Latin: holus
ttbc|Hebrew: �רק, צ��

Adjective
vegetable

1. Of or relating to plants.
2. Of or relating to vegetables.

Translations
trans-top|of or relating to plants
Basque: landare-
Catalan: vegetal
Dutch: planten-, plantaardig
Esperanto: legoma
Finnish: kasvi-
French: t+|fr|végétal
German: pflanzlich
Interlingua: vegetal
Italian: t+|it|vegetale
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Portuguese: vegetal m and f
Spanish: t+|es|vegetal
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trans-top|of or relating to vegetables
Dutch: groente-
Finnish: kasvis-
German: Pflanzen-, Gemüse-
Interlingua: leguminose
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Portuguese: leguminoso m
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Related terms
vegan
vegetarian
vegetate
vegetation
veggie
vegetable oil

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