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English
Spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea )
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
Noun
spinach (countable and uncountable , plural spinaches )
A particular edible plant , Spinacia oleracea , or its leaves.
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.
Derived terms
African spinach (various nightshade , legume , and Cucurbitaceae species)
Botany Bay spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides )
buffalo spinach (Basella alba )
Cape spinach (Emex australis )
Ceylon spinach (Basella alba )
Chinese spinach (Amaranthus dubius )
cholesterol spinach (Gynura nepalensis )
climbing spinach (vine spinach (Basella alba )
creeping spinach (Basella alba )
Cuban spinach (Claytonia perfoliata , syn. Montia perfoliata )
Egyptian spinach
French spinach (Atriplex spp., Chenopodium rubrum )
gammon and spinach
Lincolnshire spinach (Blitum bonus-henricus , syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus )
Malabar spinach (Basella alba )
Mollucan spinach (Gynura nepalensis )
mountain spinach (Atriplex hortensis )
mustard spinach (Brassica juncea )
Navajo spinach (Cleome serrulata )
New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides , syn. Tetragonia expansa )
Okinawan spinach (Gynura bicolor )
perpetual spinach (Beta vulgaris )
red spinach (Amaranthus dubius ; Trianthema triquetra )
red vine spinach (Basella alba )
sand and spinach
Sissoo spinach (Alternanthera sessilis , syn. Alternanthera sissoo )
spinach beet (Beta vulgaris )
spinach dip
spinach dock (Rumex acetosa )
spinach mustard
strawberry spinach (Chenopodium capitatum )
tree spinach (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius , Cnidoscolus chayamansa )
vine spinach (Basella alba )
water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica )
wild spinach (various nightshade , legume , and Cucurbitaceae species)
Translations
a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea
Afrikaans: spinasie
Albanian: spinaqi
Amharic: ቆስጣ ( qosṭa )
Arabic: سَبَانِخ (ar) m ( sabāniḵ ) , إِسْفَانَاخ m ( ʔisfānāḵ )
Egyptian Arabic: سبانخ f pl ( sabāniḵ )
Moroccan Arabic: سبناخ ( subnāḵ ) , بقولة ( baqqūla )
Armenian: սպանախ (hy) ( spanax )
Middle Armenian: սպանախ ( spanax ) , շոմին ( šomin ) , ծմել ( cmel )
Aromanian: spãnac n
Assamese: পালেং শাক ( palêng xak ) , পালেং ( palêng )
Azerbaijani: ispanaq
Belarusian: шпіна́т m ( špinát )
Bhojpuri: पालकी ( pālᵊkī )
Bole: alayyapo
Bulgarian: спанак (bg) m ( spanak )
Catalan: espinac (ca) m
Central Dusun: sansam
Chinese:
Cantonese: 菠菜 ( bo1 coi3 )
Mandarin: 菠菜 (zh) ( bōcài )
Czech: špenát (cs) m
Danish: spinat (da) c
Dutch: spinazie (nl) m
Duwai: alayaho
Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: spinaco (eo)
Faroese: spinat n
Finnish: pinaatti (fi)
French: épinards (fr) m pl
Galician: espiñaca f , espinaca (gl) f
Georgian: ისპანახი ( isṗanaxi )
German: Spinat (de) m
Greek: σπανάκι (el) n ( spanáki )
Ancient: σπανακόν n ( spanakón ) , σπάναξ m ( spánax )
Greenlandic: spinatit
Gujarati: પાલક f ( pālak )
Hausa: alayyaho (ha)
Hawaiian: ʻīnika
Hebrew: תרד (he) m ( tered )
Hindi: पालक (hi) ( pālak )
Hungarian: spenót (hu) , paraj (hu)
Hunsrik: Spinaat m
Icelandic: spínat (is) n
Ido: spinato (io)
Indonesian: bayam (id)
Interlingua: spinacia
Irish: spionáiste m
Italian: spinacio (it) m
Japanese: 菠薐草 (ja) ( ほうれんそう, hōrensō )
Javanese: ꦧꦪꦼꦩ꧀ ( bayem )
Kannada: ಪಾಲಕ್ ( pālak )
Karekare: alayyaho
Kazakh: асжапырақ ( asjapyraq )
Korean: 시금치 (ko) ( sigeumchi )
Kumyk: испанакъ ( ispanaq )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئەسپەناخ ( espenax ) , سپێناخ ( spênax )
Northern Kurdish: spînax (ku) f , siyale
Kyrgyz: шпинат (ky) ( şpinat )
Latin: blitum n , spinacia
Latvian: spināti pl
Luxembourgish: Päinetsch m
Macedonian: спанаќ m ( spanaḱ )
Malagasy: lalada
Malay: bayam
Maltese: spinaċi f , bqajla f
Manchu: ᠪᡠᠯᠠ ᠰᠣᡤᡳ ( bula sogi )
Maori: rengarenga , rengamutu , kōkihi
Marathi: पालक n ( pālak )
Navajo: waaʼ
Norman: bette f
Norwegian: spinat (no)
Occitan: espinac (oc) m
Persian: اسفناج (fa) ( esfenâj )
Plautdietsch: Spinnat m
Polish: szpinak (pl) m
Portuguese: espinafre (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪਾਲਕ f ( pālak )
Romanian: spanac (ro) n
Romansch: spinat m
Russian: шпина́т (ru) m ( špinát )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спанаћ m , шпинат m
Roman: spanać m , špinat (sh) m
Sicilian: spinacia f
Slovak: špenát m
Slovene: špinača f
Spanish: espinaca (es) f
Swahili: mchicha (sw)
Swedish: spenat (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠢꠣꠉ ( hag )
Tachawit: abitas (shy)
Tagalog: espinaka
Tajik: исфаноҷ ( isfanoj )
Thai: ปวยเล้ง (th) ( bpuai-léng )
Tigrinya: ስፒናቺ ( səpinači )
Turkish: ıspanak (tr) , ısmalak
Turkmen: ysmanak
Ukrainian: шпина́т m ( špynát )
Uzbek: ismaloq (uz)
Vietnamese: rau bina , rau chân vịt
Volapük: spinad
Walloon: spinasse (wa) f , spinåd (wa) m
Xhosa: isipinatshi class 7 /8
Yiddish: שפּינאַט m ( shpinat ) , שפּינאַק m ( shpinak )
See also
Anagrams
Middle English
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 )
spinach ( Spinacia oleracea )
Descendants
References
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈspi.nax/
Rhymes: -inax
Syllabification: spi‧nach
Noun
spinach m
locative plural of spin
Noun
spinach f
locative plural of spina