The English translation for vegetable is vegetable, which is used as a noun and an adjective in a sentence, and can also mean vegetable.

vegetable

English [?ved?t?bl]? American [?v?d?t?b?l, ?v?d?t?-]?

n. vegetable; vegetable man

adj. vegetable; plant

Etymology note: Entered the English language in the early 1500s, and is derived directly from Old French vegetable, meaning life, and originally from Medieval Latin vegetabilis, meaning to grow, flourish.

Extended Information

Synonyms for vegetable are greens and greenstuff.

I. greens

English [ɡ'ri:nz] American [ɡ'ri:nz]?

n. green leafy vegetables; greens ( noun plural of green ); green clothes; plants

Example sentence: the?greens?are?full?of?fibres?that?you?can't?chew.?

This dish is too sinewy to chew.

II. greenstuff

English ['gri:nst?f]? American ['gr?n?st?f]?

n.vegetable

Example sentence:?Objective:?To?study?a?method?of?determining?nitrite?in?greenstuff.?

Objective: to study a new method for the determination of nitrite in vegetables.