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English

Etymology

Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first appeared in The Vegan News.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi???n/, /?ve???n/, /?v?d???n/
• Homophones: vaguen (one pronunciation), Vegan
• Rhymes: -i???n, -e???n
• Hyphenation: ve?gan

Adjective

vegan (not comparable)

1. (of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
2. (of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.

3. Relating to vegans or veganism. [from 1944]

Translations

Noun

vegan (plural vegans)

1. A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products [from 1944]
2. A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• vegetarian
• vegetarianism

References

Further reading

• vegan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ganev, Vange, ganev

Czech

Noun

vegan m

1. vegan (veganism supporter)

Declension

Derived terms

• veganka (feminine form)

Related terms

• veganský
• veganství n

See also

• vegetarián m
• vegetariánství n

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English vegan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve??a?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

vegan (comparative veganer, superlative am vegansten)

1. vegan

Declension

Further reading

• “vegan” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English vegan, a clipping of either vegetarian or vegetable. Coined by Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first appeared in The Vegan News.

Noun

vegan m (definite singular veganen, indefinite plural veganer, definite plural veganene)

1. a vegan

Synonyms

• veganer

Related terms

• vegansk
• veganisme

References

• “vegan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English vegan.

Noun

vegan m (definite singular veganen, indefinite plural veganar, definite plural veganane)

1. a vegan

Synonyms

• veganar

Related terms

• vegansk

References

• “vegan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?an/, [?be.??ãn]

Noun

vegan m (plural vegans or vegan)

1. a vegan

   Synonym: vegano

Swedish

Noun

vegan c

1. vegan, person who does not use animal products.

Declension

See also

• vegetarian

English

Noun

vegas

1. plural of vega

Spanish

Noun

vegas f pl

1. plural of vega