different between vegetable vs amandine

English

Etymology

From Middle English vegetable, from Old French vegetable, from Latin veget?bilis (“able to live and grow”), derived from veget?re (“to enliven”). Displaced Old English wyrt (“herb, vegetable, plant, crop, root”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?d??t?b?l/, /?v?d???t?b?l/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?v?d???t?b?l/, /?v?d??t?b?l/, /?v?t??t?b?l/

Noun

vegetable (plural vegetables)

1. Any plant.
   • 1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (volume 23, page 222)

     That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.

2. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

   Synonyms: veg, veggie

3. The edible part of such a plant.

   Synonyms: veg, veggie

4. (figuratively, derogatory) A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.

   Synonym: cabbage

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

vegetable (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to plants.
2. Of or relating to vegetables.

Translations

Further reading

• vegetable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• vegetable (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From French amandine, feminine of amandin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mand?n/

Noun

amandine (countable and uncountable, plural amandines)

1. A cosmetic cream prepared from almonds.
2. The vegetable casein of almonds.

Translations

Adjective

amandine (not comparable)

1. (cooking) Served with almonds.

Anagrams

• de Manian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.m??.din/

Adjective

amandine

1. feminine singular of amandin

Noun

amandine f (plural amandines)

1. amandine

Descendants

• ? English: amandine

Further reading

• “amandine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).