légume
See also: legume
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin legūmen (cf. older form lesgum); was once feminine and became masculine by the 17th century. Replaced the Old French leün, which was inherited from the same source. Compare Italian and Portuguese legume, Spanish legumbre.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlégume m (plural légumes)
- (cooking) vegetable
- Synonym: (Cajun French) épi
- Manger des légumes est très bon pour la santé.
- Eating vegetables is very good for one's health.
- (figuratively, informal, offensive) vegetable, cabbage (someone in a vegetative state)
- Depuis qu’il a eu un accident de voiture, il ressemble à un vrai légume.
- Since his car accident he has turned into a complete vegetable.
- (botany, dated) legume; pod
- Synonym: gousse
- Le fruit de la vesce est un légume au sens strict.
- The seed of vetch is a legume in the strict sense of the word.
- (figuratively, informal) couch potato
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- English: legume
Further reading
edit- “légume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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