different between vegetable vs primavera

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

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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 Italian primavera (“spring”).

Adjective

primavera (not comparable)

1. Describing a light vegetable sauce, especially one served with pasta.

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”).

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)

1. spring (season)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p?i.m??ve.??/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?i.m??be.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?i.ma?ve.?a/

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveres)

1. spring (season)
2. primrose

   Synonym: prímula

See also

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”).

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)

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Interlingua

Noun

primavera (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”). Compare Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Sicilian primavera, Romanian prim?var?, Old French primevoire, Occitan primver, Friulian primevere, Romansch primavaira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pri.ma?v?.ra/
• Hyphenation: pri?ma?vè?ra

Noun

primavera f (plural primavere)

1. spring (season)
2. (in the plural, familiar) years, winters

   Synonyms: anno, anni

3. primrose

   Synonym: primula

Derived terms

• primaverile

See also

• vernale

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”). Compare Italian, Spanish primavera, Romanian prim?var?.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /p?i.m?.?v?.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /p?i.ma.?v?.??/, [p???.m?.?v?.??]

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring, the season

Related terms

• primaveral
• primaveril

See also

• vernal
• vernante

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + Latin v?r (“spring”). Compare Italian primavera, Portuguese primavera, Spanish primavera, Romanian prim?var?.

Noun

primavera f

1. spring

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pr?mav?ra, from Latin pr?mus (“first”) + v?r (“spring”). Compare Italian primavera and Romanian prim?var?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ima?be?a/, [p?i.ma???e.?a]

Noun

primavera f (plural primaveras)

1. spring (season)
2. year of age

   Synonyms: año, taco

Noun

primavera m or f (plural primaveras)

1. simple soul; simple creature; simple sod

Derived terms

Related terms

• primaveral
• verano

See also

• vernal

Further reading

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