vegetal

See also: végétal and vegetál

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin vegetalis, from Latin vegetāre.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒᵻtl̩/

AdjectiveEdit

vegetal (comparative more vegetal, superlative most vegetal)

1. (now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). [from 15th c.]
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069:, III.2.1.i:

     Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […].

2. Pertaining to vegetables or plants. [from 16th c.]
3. (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

Derived termsEdit

• vegetally
• vegetal pole

TranslationsEdit

pertaining to vegetables or plants

• Esperanto: vegetala
• Finnish: kasvillinen (fi), kasvi-, kasvis-

• Portuguese: vegetal (pt) m, f
• Spanish: vegetal (es)

NounEdit

vegetal (plural vegetals)

1. (obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
   • Burton

     This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.

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CatalanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vegetal (masculine and feminine plural vegetals)

1. relating to plants or vegetables

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

vegetal m (plural vegetais)

1. vegetable (edible material derived from a plant)
2. (figuratively) vegetable (person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)

SynonymsEdit

• (edible material derived from a plant):, verdura f, planta f, erva f, hortaliça f

AdjectiveEdit

vegetal m, f (plural vegetais, comparable)

1. Relative to plants and vegetables

   Célula vegetal.

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SpanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

vegetal (plural vegetales)

1. vegetal

NounEdit

vegetal m (plural vegetales)

1. vegetable

SynonymsEdit

• verdura f