warzywo
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish warzywo. By surface analysis, warzyć + -ywo. Compare Kashubian warzëwò.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwarzywo n (related adjective warzywny or warzywowy)
- vegetable (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, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense)
- Synonym: jarzyna
- (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) vegetable (person that is brain dead or suffers from extensive paralysis)
Declension
editDeclension of warzywo
Derived terms
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Related terms
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɨvɔ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɨvɔ/3 syllables
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