vegetable

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/ UK /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #7469

Meanings

1

noun
A plant or part of a plant, such as a carrot or potato, that is eaten as food.

Eating plenty of fresh vegetables is good for your health.
2

adj
Made from or relating to plants.

She fried the onions in a little vegetable oil.

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1 noun · a plant or part of a plant,... veggieveg

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Forms vegetables

Derived forms multivegetablenonvegetablevegeburgervegetable-basedvegetablyveggie

Related forms veganvegetarian vegetate vegetation

Etymology

From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from vegetāre (“to enliven”). Displaced Old English wyrt and ofett, whence modern wort and ovest. Related to vigil, vigour, vajra, and waker.

*weǵ- Proto-Indo-European vegetable Middle English vegetābilis Latin

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# vegetable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɛt͡ʃ.tə.bəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/
**Frequency rank:** 7469

## Meanings
1. A plant or part of a plant, such as a carrot or potato, that is eaten as food.
2. Made from or relating to plants.

## Examples
- Eating plenty of fresh vegetables is good for your health.
- She fried the onions in a little vegetable oil.

## Derived Forms
- multivegetable
- nonvegetable
- vegeburger
- vegetable-based
- vegetably
- veggie

## Related Forms
- vegan
- vegetarian
- vegetate
- vegetation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weǵ-
- Root: vegetable
- Root: vegetābilis

## Etymology
From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from vegetāre (“to enliven”). Displaced Old English wyrt and ofett, whence modern wort and ovest. Related to vigil, vigour, vajra, and waker.

## AI Etymology
Vegetable is from Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin vegetābilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from vegetāre (“to enliven”). Displaced Old English wyrt and ofett, whence modern wort and ovest. Related to vigil, vigour, vajra, and waker. In present-day use, it can mean a plant or part of a plant, such as a carrot or potato, that is eaten as food, or made from or relating to plants. Derived formations include multivegetable, nonvegetable, vegeburger, vegetable-based, vegetably, veggie.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Plants & Agriculture

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