vegetal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin vegetālis, from vegetō.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɛdʒɨtl̩/
- (General American) enPR: vĕjʹĭ-tl, IPA(key): /ˈvɛdʒɪ̈tl̩/
- Rhymes: -ɛdʒɪtəl
- Hyphenation UK: ve‧ge‧tal, US: veg‧e‧tal
AdjectiveEdit
vegetal (comparative more vegetal, superlative most vegetal)
- (now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). [from 15th c.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:
- Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […].
- Pertaining to vegetables or plants. [from 16th c.]
- 2018, Susan Orlean, The Library Book, Simon and Schusterl, page 241:
- The Computer Center is muffled and dim, warm with whiffs of sourness, of body odor, and of the vegetal smells of dirt embedded in clothes that were advancing in the direction of compost.
- 2018, Susan Orlean, The Library Book, Simon and Schusterl, page 241:
- (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pertaining to vegetables or plants
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NounEdit
vegetal (plural vegetals)
- (obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:
- This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /və.ʒəˈtal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bə.ʒəˈtal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ve.d͡ʒeˈtal/
AdjectiveEdit
vegetal (masculine and feminine plural vegetals)
- relating to plants or vegetables
InterlinguaEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vegetal (not comparable)
PiedmonteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vegetal m (plural vegetaj)
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vegetal m (plural vegetais)
- vegetable (edible material derived from a plant)
- (figuratively) vegetable (person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)
SynonymsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vegetal m or f (plural vegetais, comparable)
- Relative to plants and vegetables
- Célula vegetal.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vegetal m or n (feminine singular vegetală, masculine plural vegetali, feminine and neuter plural vegetale)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vegetal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | vegetal | vegetală | vegetali | vegetale | ||
definite | vegetalul | vegetala | vegetalii | vegetalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | vegetal | vegetale | vegetali | vegetale | ||
definite | vegetalului | vegetalei | vegetalilor | vegetalelor |
Further readingEdit
- vegetal in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vegetal (plural vegetales)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
vegetal m (plural vegetales)
Further readingEdit
- “vegetal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014