different between okra vs ocra

English

Alternative forms

• okry (Southern US vern.); ochro, ochroe (Caribbean); okro
• (obsolete): ochre, ockro, ocra, ocro, occra, occro, ochra, ocre, okero, okwa, ookroo

Etymology

From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ??k??r?? but cf. Akan ?kr?mã and ?krakra (“broth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k??/, /??k??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?k??/
• Rhymes: -o?k??, -??k??, -?k??

Noun

okra (countable and uncountable, plural okras)

1. The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
   • 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pp. 59–60:

     ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...

   • 1940, Farmers' Bulletin, No. 232, p. 7:

     Select young okra, wash thoroughly, remove the stems, and wipe the okra dry.

   • 1997, Lisette Verlander & al., The Cookin' Cajun Cooking School Cookbook, p. 25:

     Wash and dry okra, remove stems, and slice in one-inch rounds. (If using frozen okra, do not wash.) Heat two tablespoons oil in a heavy saucepan other than black iron. Saute okra in oil and vinegar, stirring often until ropiness is gone.

   • 2006, Francis N. Wiltz, In the Kitchen with Papa Wiltz, p. 1:

     I hated cooking okra because it was so slimy when you first start.

2. The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.
   • 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., Vol. I, p. 222:

     Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.

   • 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, p. 610:

     Okra does not do well in tight, waterlogged soils, but will tolerate a soil pH range of from 6.0 to 7.5.

   • 2011, Leon Neel & al., The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach, p. 36:

     We planted some truck crops like watermelons and okra, which was risky.

Hypernyms

• (edible capsules): pod vegetable
• (plant): abelmosk, mallow

Synonyms

• bhindi (Indian contexts), gumbo (esp. in stews), ladyfinger
• (edible capsules): ladies' fingers

Derived terms

• African okra, autumnal okra, bun okra, Chinese okra, musk okra, ornamental okra, West African okra, wild okra, Yorka okra, Okra mosaic virus

Translations

References

• Abelmoschus esculentus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “okra, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004

Anagrams

• Kora, akro-, kora

Bikol Central

Etymology

From English okra, probably from Igbo ?k?r?.

Noun

okra

1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English okra, probably from Igbo ?k?r?.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ok?ra

Noun

okra

1. okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
2. the pods of this plant

Anagrams

• arko, karo, orka

Chavacano

Noun

okra

1. okra

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

okra m (plural okra's, diminutive [please provide])

1. okra

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?okr?/, [?o?kr?]
• Rhymes: -okr?
• Syllabification: ok?ra

Etymology 1

From Swedish ockra, from Latin ?chra, from Ancient Greek ???? (?khra).

Adjective

okra

1. ochre (having a yellow-orange colour)

Declension

Synonyms

• okrankeltainen
• okranvärinen

Noun

okra

1. ochre (pigment)
2. ochre (color)

Usage notes

The pigment is usually called keltamulta when used as pigment for house paints, whereas artists and archaeologists seem to prefer okra.

Declension

Synonyms

• (pigment): keltamulta
• (color): okrankeltainen, okranväri, okraväri

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English okra, from some West African language, probably Igbo ??k??r??.

Noun

okra

1. okra, Abelmoschus esculentus

Declension

Anagrams

• akro-, rako

Hungarian

Etymology

ok +? -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?okr?]
• Hyphenation: ok?ra

Noun

okra

1. sublative singular of ok

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kra/
• Rhymes: -??kra

Verb

okra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative okraði, supine okrað)

1. (intransitive) to practice usury

Declension

Anagrams

• orka

Spanish

Noun

okra f (plural okras)

1. okra

Tagalog

Noun

okra

1. okra

English

Noun

ocra (countable and uncountable, plural ocras)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of okra.
   • 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pp. 59–60:

     ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...

   • 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., Vol. I, p. 222:

     Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.

References

• “okra, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004

Anagrams

• AOCR, Arco, Caro, Cora, RAOC, Roca, acro, acro-, arco, orca

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ocras, ocrât

Verb

ocra

1. third-person singular past historic of ocrer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ?chra, from Ancient Greek ???? (?khra, “pale yellow”).

Adjective

ocra (invariable)

1. tawny

Noun

ocra f (plural ocre)

1. ochre

Anagrams

• acro
• arco
• caro
• orca
• roca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ocre
• oca (dated, colloquial)

Noun

ocra f (plural ocras)

1. ochre (earth pigment containing silica, aluminium and ferric oxide)

Spanish

Etymology

From a West African language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ok?a/, [?o.k?a]

Noun

ocra m (plural ocras)

1. (El Salvador) okra, Abelmoschus esculentus

   Synonym: quingombó

Further reading

• “ocra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.