different between immature vs artichoke

English

Etymology

From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unr?pe (“unripe, immature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??tj??(?)/, /?m??t???(?)/, /?m??t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature)

1. (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). [from 16th c.]
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:

     And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […] .

2. Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
3. Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
   • Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.

Synonyms

• (childish in behavior): infantile, milky; see also Thesaurus:childish

Translations

Noun

immature (plural immatures)

1. An immature member of a species.

Related terms

• mature
• immaturity

French

Adjective

immature (plural immatures)

1. immature, unripe

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

immature

1. inflection of immatur:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

immature

1. feminine plural of immaturo

Anagrams

• ammutire

Latin

Adjective

imm?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of imm?t?rus

References

• immature in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Northern Italian articiocco, from Provençal archichaut, arquichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic ???????????? (al-?arš?f), from Arabic ???????????? (al-?urš?f), definite form of ????????? (?urš?f).

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /???.t??t???k/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /???.t??t???k/

Noun

artichoke (plural artichokes)

1. A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
2. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.

Synonyms

• globe artichoke (edible variety)
• cardoon (wild variety)
• Cynara scolymus (the former taxonomic name)
• Cynara cardunculus (the currently accepted taxonomic name, which also includes cardoons)

Related terms

• Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

Derived terms

• artichoke bottom
• artichoke heart
• choke

Descendants

• ? Bengali: ??????? (haticok)
• ? Cantonese: ???(??)
• ? Hebrew: ????????
• ? Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ?????? (??icok)
  • Urdu: ?????? (??icok)
• ? Indonesian: articok
• ? Korean: ???? (atichokeu)
• ? Japanese: ????????
• ? South Levantine Arabic: ???? ?????
• ? Thai: ????????

Translations

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Artichoke”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN