spinach

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /spɪˈnætʃ/ UK /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/ See IPA manual

Freq #13243

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noun
A leafy green vegetable with soft, dark leaves, eaten raw or cooked.

Wash the spinach thoroughly before adding it to the salad.

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1 noun · a leafy green vegetable... spinach plant

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Derived forms spinachlessspinachlikespinachyspinasterol

Related forms popeye

Etymology

From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).

spinach Middle English spinache xno espinoche Old French espinarc pro إِسْفَانَاخ Arabic اسپناخ fa-cls

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# spinach

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /spɪˈnætʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 13243

## Meanings
1. A leafy green vegetable with soft, dark leaves, eaten raw or cooked.

## Examples
- Wash the spinach thoroughly before adding it to the salad.

## Derived Forms
- spinachless
- spinachlike
- spinachy
- spinasterol

## Related Forms
- popeye

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: spinach
- Root: spinache
- Root: espinoche
- Root: espinarc
- Root: إِسْفَانَاخ
- Root: اسپناخ

## Etymology
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).

## AI Etymology
Spinach is from Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English spinach, xno spinache, Old French espinoche, pro espinarc, Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ, fa-cls اسپناخ. In current use it includes the sense A leafy green vegetable with soft, dark leaves, eaten raw or cooked.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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