cucumber

English

cucumbers

Etymology

From Middle English cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably of Pre-Italic origin.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːˌkʌmbəɹ/
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Noun

cucumber (plural cucumbers)

A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

Synonyms

cuke (informal)

Derived terms

Terms derived from cucumber

Related terms

cucumiform (cucumber-shaped)

Translations

plant

Arabic: خِيَار‎‎ (ar) m (ḵiyār)
Egyptian Arabic: خيار‎‎ m (xeyaar)
Armenian: վարունգ (hy) (varung)
Asturian: pepinu m
Azerbaijani: xiyar (az)
Bashkir: ҡыяр (qïyar)
Belarusian: агуро́к (be) m (ahurók)
Bulgarian: кра́ставица (bg) f (krástavica)
Burmese: သခွား (my) (sa.hkwa:)
Catalan: cogombre (ca) m, cogombrera f
Chichewa: mnkhaka
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃瓜 (zh), 黄瓜 (zh) (huángguā), 青瓜 (zh) (qīngguā)
Czech: okurka (cs) f
Danish: agurk (da) c
Dutch: komkommer (nl) m
Esperanto: kukumo
Estonian: kurk
Faroese: agurka f, gurka f, agurk f
Finnish: kurkku (fi)
French: concombre (fr) m
Galician: cogombro (gl) m
Georgian: კიტრი (ḳiṭri)
German: Gurke (de) f
Greek: αγγουριά (el) f (angouriá)
Ancient Greek: σίκυος m (síkuos)^(el), σίκυς f (síkus)^(el)

Medieval Greek: ἀγγουρέα f (angouréa)
Hebrew: מְלָפְפוֹן‎‎ (he) m (m'laf'fon)
Hungarian: uborka (hu)
Ido: kukombriero
Indonesian: mentimun (id), timun (id), ketimun (id)
Interlingue: cucumbre
Italian: cetriolo (it) m
Japanese: 胡瓜 (ja) (きゅうり, kyūri), キュウリ (ja) (kyūri)

Khmer: ត្រសក់ (km) (trɑsɑk)
Kikai: 胡瓜 (きうい, kiui)
Kumyk: хыяр (xıyar)
Lao: ໝາກແຕງ (lo) (māk tǣng)
Latin: cucumis (la) m
Latvian: gurķis m
Lithuanian: agurkas m
Low German: Gurk f
Macedonian: краставица f (krastavica)
Malagasy: kitsaotsao (mg)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: agurk (no) m

Nynorsk: agurk m
Okinawan: 胡瓜 (きーうい, kīui)
Polish: ogórek (pl) m
Portuguese: pepineiro (pt) m, pepino (pt) m
Romanian: castravete (ro) m
Russian: огуре́ц (ru) m (oguréc)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кра̏ставац m

Roman: krȁstavac (sh) m
Slovak: uhorka (sk) f
Slovene: kumara (sl) f
Somali: qajaar
Spanish: pepino (es) m
Swedish: gurka (sv) c
Telugu: దోస (te) (dōsa)
Thai: แตงกวา (dtɛɛng-gwaa)
Turkish: hıyar (tr), salatalık (tr)
Ukrainian: огіро́к (uk) (ohirók)
Volapük: küg (vo)
Welsh: cucumer (cy) m
Yiddish: אוגערקע‎‎ f (ugerke)

edible fruit

Afrikaans: komkommer
Albanian: trangull (sq) m kastravec (sq) m
Alekano: gamó
Amharic: ኪያር m (kiyar)
Arabic: خِيَار‎‎ (ar) m (ḵiyār)
Egyptian Arabic: خيارة‎‎ f (xeyāra), خيار‎‎ m pl (xeyār)
Armenian: վարունգ (hy) (varung)
Assamese: তিয়ঁহ (tiôh)
Asturian: pepinu m
Azerbaijani: xiyar (az)
Bashkir: ҡыяр (qïyar)
Belarusian: агуро́к (be) m (ahurók)
Bengali: শসা (bn) (śôśa)
Bulgarian: кра́ставица (bg) f (krástavica)
Burmese: သခွား (my) (sa.hkwa:)
Catalan: cogombre (ca) m
Chechen: наьрс (närs)
Chichewa: mnkhaka
Chinese:
Cantonese: 青瓜 (ceng¹ gwaa¹)

Mandarin: 黃瓜 (zh), 黄瓜 (zh) (huángguā), 青瓜 (zh) (qīngguā)

Min Nan: 刺瓜 (zh-min-nan) (chhì-koe), 黃瓜 (zh-min-nan), 黄瓜 (n̂g-koe)
Chuvash: хăяр (hăjar)
Coptic:
Bohairic: ϣⲱⲡⲓ m (šōpi)

Sahidic: ϣⲱⲡⲉ m (šōpe)
Cornish: kukomber m
Czech: okurka (cs) f
Danish: agurk (da) c
Dutch: komkommer (nl) m
Egyptian:

(sšpt f),

(bꜣdt f)
Esperanto: kukumo
Estonian: kurk
Ewe: adzamtre
Faroese: agurka f
Finnish: kurkku (fi)
French: concombre (fr) m
Friulian: cudumar m
Galician: cogombro (gl) m
Georgian: კიტრი (ḳiṭri)
German: Gurke (de) f
Greek: αγγούρι (el) n (angoúri)
Ancient Greek: σίκυος m (síkuos)^(el), σικυός m (sikuós)^(el), σίκυς f (síkus)^(el), ἀγγούριον n (angoúrion)
Greenlandic: agurki
Hebrew: מְלָפְפוֹן‎‎ (he) m (m'laf'fon)
Hindi: ककड़ी (hi) f (kakṛī), खीरा (hi) m (khīrā)
Hungarian: uborka (hu)
Icelandic: gúrka (is) f, agúrka (is) f
Ido: kukombro (io)
Indonesian: mentimun (id), timun (id), ketimun (id)
Interlingue: cucumbre
Irish: cúcamar
Italian: cetriolo (it) m
Japanese: 胡瓜 (ja) (きゅうり, kyūri), キュウリ (ja) (kyūri)
Kalmyk: хаяр (xayar), аһурцг (ahurtsg)
Karakalpak: qıyar
Kazakh: қияр (qïyar), бәдірен (bädiren)
Khakas: ӱгурсӱ (ügursü)
Khmer: ត្រសក់ (km) (trɑsɑk)

Kikai: 胡瓜 (きうい, kiui)
Korean: 오이 (ko) (oi)
Kumyk: хыяр (xıyar)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئاروو‎‎ (arû), خەیار‎‎ (xeyar)
Kyrgyz: бадыраң (ky) (badırañ)
Lao: ໝາກແຕງ (lo) (māk tǣng)
Latin: cucumis (la) m
Latvian: gurķis m
Lithuanian: agurkas m
Lü: ᦶᦎᧂᦌᧂᧉ (ṫaengsang²)
Macedonian: краставица f (krastavica)
Maltese: ħjara
Mongolian: өргөст хэмх (örgöst hemh)
Navajo: taʼneeskʼání áłtsʼóózígíí
Norman: cocombre f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: agurk (no) m

Nynorsk: agurk m
Okinawan: 胡瓜 (きーうい, kiiui)
Old English: eorðæppel m
Ottoman Turkish: خيار‎‎ (hıyâr)
Persian: خیار‎‎ (fa) (xiyâr)
Polish: ogórek (pl) m
Portuguese: pepino (pt) m
Romanian: castravete (ro) m
Romansch: cucumera f
Russian: огуре́ц (ru) m (oguréc)
Scottish Gaelic: cularan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кра̏ставац m

Roman: krȁstavac (sh) m
Sinhalese: පිපිඤ්ඤා (si) (pipiññā)
Slovak: uhorka (sk) f
Slovene: kumara (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: górka f
Southern Altai: огурчын (ogurčïn)
Spanish: pepino (es) m
Swahili: tango
Swedish: gurka (sv) c
Tagalog: pipino
Tajik: бодиринг (tg) (bodiring)
Tamil: வெள்ளரிக்காய் (ta) (veḷḷarikkāy)
Tatar: кыяр (tt) (qıyar)
Telugu: దోసకాయ (te) (dōsakāya)
Thai: แตงกวา (dtɛɛng-gwaa)
Turkish: hıyar (tr), salatalık (tr)
Turkmen: hyýar
Ukrainian: огіро́к (uk) (ohirók)
Urdu: ککڑی‎‎ f (kakṛī), کھیرا‎‎ m (khīrā)
Uzbek: bodring (uz)
Venetian: zetriol
Vietnamese: dưa chuột
Welsh: ciwcymbr (cy) m, ciwcymer m, cucumer (cy) m
Yakut: огурсу (ogursu)
Yiddish: אוגערקע‎‎ f (ugerke)
ǃXóõ: ʘna̰e

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Estonian: ^{(please verify)} kurk
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} खीरा m (khīrā)
Kyrgyz: ^{(please verify)} бадыраң (badırañ)
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} agurkas m

Maltese: ^{(please verify)} ħjara f
Persian: ^{(please verify)} خیار‎‎ (fa)
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} کھیرا‎‎ m (khīrā)