Leek

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The vegetable leek

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English lēac.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lēk, IPA: /liːk/, SAMPA: /li:k/

  Rhymes: -iːk

• Homophones: leak

Noun

Singular Leek

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Leek ({{{1}}})

1. The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

Synonyms

• scallion (US, Scotland)

Translations

vegetable

Albanian: preshi sq(sq) Arabic: كراث ar(ar) (kurrāth) Basque: porru eu(eu) Bosnian: praziluk bs(bs) m., prasa bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: праз bg(bg) CJKV Characters: 韮, 韭; 蔥, 葱 Catalan: porro ca(ca) m. Chinese: 韭葱 (jiǔcōng) Czech: pórek cs(cs) m., pór zahradní cs(cs) Danish: porre da(da) Dutch: prei nl(nl) m., porrei nl(nl) m. Esperanto: poreo eo(eo) Ewe: agumetaku n. Finnish: purjo fi(fi), purjosipuli fi(fi) French: poireau fr(fr) m., porrée fr(fr) f., porreau fr(fr) m., poirée fr(fr) f., poirette fr(fr) f., asperge du pauvre fr(fr) German: Porree de(de) m., Lauch de(de) m. Greek: πράσο el(el) (práso) n. Haitian Creole: powo Hebrew: כרישה he(he) Hungarian: póréhagyma hu(hu) Icelandic: blaðlaukur m. Ido: porelo Irish: cainneann ga(ga) f. Italian: porro it(it) m.

Japanese: 葱 (ねぎ, negi) Korean: 파 (pa) Latin: porrum la(la) n. Macedonian: праз mk(mk) (praz) m. Maltese: kurrata f. Norwegian: purre no(no), purreløk no(no) Ojibwe: zhigaagawanzh Old English: lēac ang(ang) n. Papiamentu: siboyo largu Polish: por pl(pl) m. Portuguese: porro pt(pt) m., alho-porro pt(pt) m., alho-poró pt(pt) m. (Brazil) Romanian: praz ro(ro) Russian: лук-порей ru(ru) (luk-poréj) m., порей ru(ru) (poréj) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: празилук sr(sr) m., праса sr(sr) f. Roman: praziluk sr(sr) m., prasa sr(sr) f. Slovene: por sl(sl) m., pôr sl(sl) Spanish: puerro es(es) m., porro es(es) m., poro es(es) m. Swedish: purjolök sv(sv) c. Thai: กระเทียมต้น th(th) Turkish: pırasa tr(tr) Urdu: کراث ur(ur) (kurrās) Vietnamese: tỏi tây vi(vi) Welsh: cenhinen cy(cy) f.

See also

• garlic

Anagrams

• eekl,
• keel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lek/

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Etymology 1

From Latin lāicus (“‘layman, laic’”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laikos), “‘of the people’”), from λαός (laos), “‘the people’”).

Noun

Leek m. (plural leken, diminutive leekje, diminutive plural leekjes)

1. A layman, non-clergyman
2. A layman, non-expert, amateur

Derived terms

• lekenapostolaat
• lekenpersoneel
• lekenrechter
• lekenstand

Antonyms

• clericus, geestelijke m.
• deskundige m., expert m.; beroeps, professional

Adjective

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1. (obsolete) lay, worldly, secular, profane

Declension

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Etymology 2

Template:Gem[[Category:nl:Template:Gem derivations|Leek]], cognate with German gleichen.

Verb

Leek

1. The singular past indicative of lijken.

Etymology 3

Template:Gem[[Category:nl:Template:Gem derivations|Leek]], cognate with lek, lekken and English (to/a) leak

Verb

Leek

1. The first-person singular present indicative of leken.
2. The imperative of leken.

Noun

Leek m. (plural leken, diminutive leekje, diminutive plural leekjes)

1. A leak(ing)
2. A drop

Synonyms

• (leak) lek n., lekkage
• (drop) druppel

Etymology 4

Cognate with laak, Latin lacus, English lake.

Noun

Leek (plural leken, diminutive leekje, diminutive plural leekjes)

1. A small body of water, like a pool; gave rise to place names

Etymology 5

Unknown; local dialect in the Dutch region Betuwe.

Noun

Leek (plural leken, diminutive leekje, diminutive plural leekjes)

1. (botany) The plant Rumex crispus
2. (by extension) Related plants of that genus: sorrel, dock

Derived terms

• koeleek

Anagrams

• keel
• kele

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Estonian

Noun

leek

1. A blaze, flame, fire

Anagrams

• keel
• leke

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