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.]
- 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 […].
- 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:
- Pertaining to vegetables or plants. [from 16th c.]
- (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pertaining to vegetables or plants
NounEdit
vegetal (plural vegetals)
- (obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
- Burton
- This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.
- Burton
AnagramsEdit
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PortugueseEdit
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, f (plural vegetais, comparable)
- Relative to plants and vegetables
- Célula vegetal.
