cucumber

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/ UK /ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/ See IPA manual

Freq #12712

Meanings

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noun
A long green vegetable with a thin skin and crisp watery flesh, often eaten raw in salads.

She added sliced cucumber to the salad.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a long green vegetable with... cuke

Word family

Forms cucumbers

Derived forms cucumberadecucumberfishcucumberitacucumbertini

Related forms cucumiform

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Phrases (1)

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sea cucumber
a soft elongated marine animal with tentacles around its mouth

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Idioms (1)

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cool as a cucumber
very calm and composed, especially under pressure

Etymology

From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin.

cucumer Middle English cocombre Old French cucumis Latin

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# cucumber

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/
**Frequency rank:** 12712

## Meanings
1. A long green vegetable with a thin skin and crisp watery flesh, often eaten raw in salads.

## Examples
- She added sliced cucumber to the salad.

## Derived Forms
- cucumberade
- cucumberfish
- cucumberita
- cucumbertini

## Related Forms
- cucumiform

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cucumer
- Root: cocombre
- Root: cucumis

## Etymology
From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin.

## AI Etymology
cucumber comes from Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic substrate origin. The historical chain includes Middle English cucumer, Old French cocombre, Latin cucumis. The current sense is A long green vegetable with a thin skin and crisp watery flesh, often eaten raw in salads. English relatives and later formations include cucumberade, cucumberfish, cucumberita, cucumiform.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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