spinach

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English

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spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea)

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Etymology

From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈspɪnɪd͡ʒ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnɪtʃ, -ɪnɪdʒ

Noun

spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches)

  1. A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
  2. Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is or resemble it in some way.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspinatʃ(ə)/, /ˈspinadʒ(ə)/, /ˈspinartʃ(ə)/

Noun

spinach (plural spinoches)

  1. spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

Descendants

  • English: spinach

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.nax/
  • Rhymes: -inax
  • Syllabification: spi‧nach

Noun

spinach m

  1. locative plural of spin

Noun

spinach f

  1. locative plural of spina
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