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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (aspáragos), variant of ????????? (aspháragos). Displaced Old English eorþnafola.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??sp??.?.??s/, /??spæ?.?.??s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??spæ?.?.??s/

Noun

asparagus (plural asparagus or asparaguses or asparagusses or asparagi)

1. Any of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.

   Synonyms: sparrowgrass, sparagus, sparagrass

2. The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.
3. (color) A green colour, like that of an asparagus.

Derived terms

• asparagus bed
• asparagus fern
• asparagus root
• sprue asparagus

Translations

Further reading

• asparagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asparagus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• asparagus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Also found in Medieval Latin. From Ancient Greek ????????? (aspáragos), variant of ????????? (aspháragos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /as?pa.ra.?us/, [äs??pä?ä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as?pa.ra.?us/, [?s?p?????us]

Noun

asparagus m (genitive asparag?); second declension

1. asparagus; shoot, sprout-like asparagus, samphire

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• asparagus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asparagus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asparagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French asparagus

Noun

asparagus m (plural asparagu?i)

1. asparagus

Declension