From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], from [en], ultimately from [en] (possibly through an [en]
intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic [en] origin.
*** Pronunciation
[kyo͞o ′ kŭmbər′]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
[kou ′ kŭmbər′]
- [en]
[k(y)o͝o-ko͝om ′ bər]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. A vine in the gourd family, [Cucumis sativus] .
2. * [en]
3. [en] [en] The edible fruit of this plant , having a green rind and crisp white flesh .
4. * [en]
5. * [page=14]
6. * [1=en]
7. * [date=12 March 2025]
8. [en] A person who is calm and self-possessed .
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
12. * [en]
**** Coordinate terms
{{col|en |courgette |gherkin |marrow |pickle |squash |zucchini }}
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en|title=Affixed and blended forms |cucumberade |cucumber time
|cucumber tree |cucumber fish,cucumberfish|cucumber mosaic virus |cucumber
beetle |cucumberita |cucumbertini }} {{col4|en|title=derived terms |Qcumber }}
{{col4|en|title=Expressions with this term at the beginning |cucumberlike
|cucumbery| cucumberless| cucumber herring|cucumber mullet |cucumberish }}
{{col4|en|title=Expressions with this term at the middle or end |collapse=n
|spotted cucumber beetle |aardvark cucumber |burr cucumber |gemsbok cucumber
|striped cucumber beetle |stuffing cucumber |Armenian cucumber |bitter
cucumber |calm as a cucumber |telegraph cucumber |cool as a cucumber |devil's
cucumber |exploding cucumber |maroon cucumber |sea cucumber |serpent cucumber
|slicing cucumber |smacked cucumber |snake cucumber |squirting cucumber |star
cucumber |wild cucumber |zombie's cucumber }}
**** Related terms
- [en] [cucumber-shaped]
**** Descendants
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- [tpi]
- [chr]
- [kw]
- [crk]
- [es]
- [cy]
- [zu]
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**** Translations
[plant]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as]
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [aii]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chinese:
- Coptic: [cop]
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dargwa: [dar]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo] , [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kaitag: [xdq]
- Kannada: [kn] , [kn]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Kikai: [kzg]
- Komi-Zyrian: [kpv] , [kpv]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Laz: [lzz]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Low German: [nds]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mauritian Creole: [mfe]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Mingrelian: [xmf]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Okinawan: [ryu]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Somali: [so]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Tulu: [tcy]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[edible fruit]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq] [sq]
- Alekano: [gah]
- Amharic: [am]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as]
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [aii]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bhojpuri: [bho]
- Brunei Malay: [kxd]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chinese:
- Chuvash: [cv]
- Coptic:
- Cornish: [kw]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dargwa: [dar]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Early Assamese: [inc-oas]
- Egyptian: [sšpt] , [bꜣdt]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Ewe: [ee]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [often referring to gherkin] [hu] , [the type longer than 30 cm, 1 ft] [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Ilocano: [ilo]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv]
- Kaitag: [xdq]
- Kalmyk: [xal] , [xal]
- Kannada: [kn] , [kn]
- Karakalpak: [kaa]
- Kashubian: [csb]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Kikai: [kzg]
- Komi-Zyrian: [kpv] , [kpv]
- Konkani: [kok]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Lutuv: [clt]
- Lü: [khb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maranao: [mrw]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Mongolian:
- Navajo: [nv]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Okinawan: [ryu]
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Seychellois Creole: [crs]
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Tigrinya: [ti] , [ti]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Unami: [unm]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy] , [cy] , [cy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Winnebago: [win] , [win]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zhuang: [za]
- ǃXóõ: [nmn]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
[en] [en]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]