vegetal

See also: végétal and vegetál

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vegetālis, from vegetō.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒɨtl̩/
• enPR: vĕjʹĭ-tl, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛdʒɪ̈tl̩/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛdʒɪtəl
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation UK: ve‧ge‧tal, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) US: veg‧e‧tal

Adjective

vegetal (comparative more vegetal, superlative most vegetal)

1. (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, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:

     Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […].

2. Pertaining to vegetables or plants. [from 16th c.]
3. (wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

Derived terms

• vegetally
• vegetal pole

Translations

pertaining to vegetables or plants

• Esperanto: vegetala
• Finnish: kasvillinen (fi), kasvi-, kasvis-
• French: végétal (fr) m
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• Georgian: მცენარეული (mcenareuli), მცენარეთა (mcenareta)
• Portuguese: vegetal (pt) m or f
• Spanish: vegetal (es)

Noun

vegetal (plural vegetals)

1. (obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
   • Burton

     This melancholy extends itself not to men only, but even to vegetals and sensibles.

Anagrams

• gavelet

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.ʒəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.ʒəˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ve.d͡ʒeˈtal]

Adjective

vegetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vegetals)

1. relating to plants or vegetables

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Interlingua

Adjective

vegetal (not comparable)

1. vegetal, vegetable

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ved͡ʒeˈtal/

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetaj)

1. vegetable

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /veʒeˈtaw/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /vɨʒɨˈtaɫ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧tal

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetais)

1. vegetable (edible material derived from a plant)
2. (figuratively) vegetable (person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)

Synonyms

• (edible material derived from a plant):, verdura f, planta f, erva f, hortaliça f

Adjective

1. Relative to plants and vegetables

   Célula vegetal.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bexeˈtal/ [be.xeˈt̪al]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧tal

Adjective

vegetal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vegetales)

1. vegetal

Noun

vegetal m (plural vegetales)

1. vegetable

Synonyms

• verdura f