lentil

English

Etymology

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a Proto-Indo-European root shared by German Linse and Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntəl/
Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
The seed of these plants, used as food.

Related terms

Translations

plant Lens culinaris

Arabic: عَدَس‎‎ m (ʿadas)
Egyptian Arabic: عدس‎‎ m pl (ʕads)
Armenian: ոսպ (hy) (osp)
Old Armenian: ոսպն (ospn)
Aromanian: linti f, pãpudã f
Bashkir: яҫмыҡ (yaθmïq)
Belarusian: сачаві́ца f (sačavíca), сачы́ўка f (sačýŭka), сачэ́ўка f (sačéŭka), сачо́ўка f (sačóŭka)
Catalan: llentilla f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) (biǎndòu), 小扁豆 (zh) (xiǎobiǎndòu)
Czech: čočka jedlá f
Danish: linse (da) c
Esperanto: lento (eo)
Finnish: kylvövirvilä, linssi (fi)
French: lentille (fr)
Friulian: lint f
Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi)
German: Linse (de) f
Greek: φακή (el) f (fakí)

Hebrew: עֲדָשָׁה‎‎ (he) f ('adashá)
Italian: lenticchia
Japanese: ヒラマメ (hiramame), 扁豆 (hiramame), レンズマメ (renzumame)
Korean: 렌즈콩 (renjeukong)
Latin: lens
Norwegian:
Bokmål: linse m, f

Nynorsk: linse f
Polish: soczewica jadalna f
Portuguese: lentilha (pt)
Romanian: linte (ro)
Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f (čečevíca)
Slovene: leča (sl) f
Spanish: lenteja (es)
Swedish: lins (sv) c
Tagalog: lentehas
Tamil: துவரை (ta) (tuvarai)
Turkish: mercimek (tr)
Ukrainian: сочеви́ця f (sočevýcja), сочови́ця f (sočovýcja)

seed used as food

Arabic: عَدَس‎‎ m (ʿadas)
Egyptian Arabic: عدس‎‎ m pl (ʕads)
Aragonese: lentilla
Armenian: ոսպ (hy) (osp)
Old Armenian: ոսպն (ospn)
Azerbaijani: mərci
Bashkir: яҫмыҡ (yaθmïq)
Basque: dilista
Bulgarian: леща (bg) (lešta)
Catalan: llentilla
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) (biǎndòu), 小扁豆 (zh) (xiǎobiǎndòu)
Czech: čočka (cs) f
Danish: linse (da) c
Dutch: linze (nl) f
Esperanto: lento (eo)
Finnish: linssi (fi)
French: lentille (fr) f
Friulian: lint
Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi)
German: Linse (de) f
Greek: φακή (el) f (fakí)
Hungarian: lencse (hu)
Icelandic: lentil
Italian: lenticchia f
Japanese: レンズ豆 (renzu-mame), ヒラマメ (hiramame)

Korean: 렌즈콩 (renjeukong), 편두 (pyeondu)
Latin: lens
Ligurian: lentìggia f
Low German: Lins f
Malay: kacang
Maori: pī
Nepali: दाल (ne) (dala)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: linse m, f

Nynorsk: linse f
Persian: عدس‎‎ (fa) ('adas)
Polish: soczewica (pl) f
Portuguese: lentilha (pt) f
Romanian: linte (ro) f
Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f (čečevíca)
Serbo-Croatian: leća f
Slovak: šošovica (sk) f
Slovene: leča (sl) f
Spanish: lenteja (es) f
Swedish: lins (sv) c
Tagalog: lentehas
Thai: ถั่ว (th) (tùua)
Turkish: mercimek (tr), yasmık (tr)
Venetian: lente f, lenta f, lent f
Vietnamese: đậu lăng
Yiddish: לינדז‎‎ f (lindz)

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Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} thjerë m
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} दाल f (dāl)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} lens
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} għads

Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} nemmìcculo m, ^{(please verify)} lemmìccula f
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} leća, ^{(please verify)} sočivica
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} šošovica f

Anagrams

Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'

Middle English

Noun

lentil

Alternative form of lentile

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