asparagus

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
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• US: /əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/
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• US: /əˈspɛɹ.ə.ɡəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S P EH1 R AH0 G AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin asparagus, sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos), variant of ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos). Displaced Old English eorþnafola. Later became an eggcorn in dialect as sparrowgrass.

218 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shpargull — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Arabic: هِلْيُون (hilyūn) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Arabic: هِلْيَوْن (hilyawn) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Arabic: اسبراجوس (esbaragus) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Arabic: هِلْيون (hilyōn) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Armenian: ծնեբեկ (cnebek) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Asturian: espárragu — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Azerbaijani: qulançar — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Basque: esparrago — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Basque: zainzuri — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Belarusian: спа́ржа (spárža) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Bulgarian: аспара́гус (asparágus) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Burmese: ကညွတ်ပင် (ka.nywatpang) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Catalan: esparreguera — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘆筍 /芦笋 (lúsǔn) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Czech: chřest — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Dalmatian: spirač — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Danish: asparges — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Dutch: asperge — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• East Frisian Low German: speerzje — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• East Frisian Low German: spóógel — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Esperanto: asparago — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Esperanto: asparagoj — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Estonian: harilik aspar — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Faroese: aspargus — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Finnish: ruokaparsa — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Finnish: parsa — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• French: asperge — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Saterland Frisian: Speerjes — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Saterland Frisian: Spoargel — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• West-Frisian: asperzje — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• West-Frisian: sperzje — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Friulian: sparg — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Friulian: sparc — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Gagauz: kuş konmaz — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Galician: espárrago — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Galician: esparragueira — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Gallurese: isparau — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Georgian: სატაცური (saṭacuri) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• German: Spargel — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Greek: σπαράγγι (sparángi) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Greek: ασπάραγος (aspáragos) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Ancient Greek: ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Ancient Greek: ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Hungarian: spárga — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Icelandic: spergill — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Irish: lus súch — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Irish: lus súgach — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Irish: asparagas — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Irish: lus spreagtha — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Italian: asparago — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Japanese: アスパラガス (asuparagasu) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Korean: 아스파라거스 (aseuparageoseu) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Central Kurdish: مارچێوە (marçêwe) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Central Kurdish: چاومارە (çawmare) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Northern Kurdish: maroje — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Northern Kurdish: kiling — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Northern Kurdish: kilig — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Northern Kurdish: çavmark — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Lao: ຫນໍ່ໄມ້ຟະລັ່ງ (nǭ mai fa lang) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Latin: asparagus — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Latin: corruda — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Latvian: sparģelis — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Lithuanian: smidras — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Macedonian: аспара́гус (asparágus) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Macedonian: шпа́ргла (špárgla) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Malay: akar parsi — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Malay: sapersi — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Malay: asparagus — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Māori: apareka — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Māori: parakati — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Navajo: chʼałdą́ą́ʼ — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Norman: aspèrge — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Norwegian: asparges — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Occitan: esparga — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Old English: eorþnafola — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Persian: مارچوبه (mârčube) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Persian: مارگیاه (mârgiyâh) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Persian: سپارک (sepârk) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Plautdietsch: Sparjel — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Polish: szparag — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Polish: asparagus — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Portuguese: aspargo — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Portuguese: espargo — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Romanian: sparanghel — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Romansh: spargia — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Romansh: aspergia — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Romansh: sparglas — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Romansh: spargla — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Romansh: aspargia — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Russian: спа́ржа (spárža) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Northern Sami: aspárggus — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Campidanese Sardinian: sparau — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Sardinian: sparau — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Sassarese: ipàramu — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Scottish Gaelic: creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Scottish Gaelic: aspàrag — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Scottish Gaelic: lus-mòr — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Serbo-Croatian: вилина метла — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Serbo-Croatian: каленац — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Serbo-Croatian: vilina metla — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Serbo-Croatian: kalenac — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Sicilian: spàraciu — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Sicilian: spàriciu — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Slovak: špargľa — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Slovene: beluš — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Slovene: špargelj — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Spanish: espárrago — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Swedish: sparris — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Tagalog: esparago — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Thai: หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง (nɔ̀ɔ-máai-fà-ràng) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᨶᩬᩴ᩵ᨾᩱ᩶ᨺᩡᩁᩢ᩠᩵ᨦ — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Turkish: kuşkonmaz — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Ottoman Turkish: اسفراج (isfirac) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Ukrainian: спа́ржа (spárža) — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Venetan: spàraxo — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Venetan: sparexara — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Vietnamese: măng tây — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Volapük: sparag — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Welsh: merllys — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Xhosa: imvane — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Xhosa: umvane — asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis
• Arabic: هِلْيُون (hilyūn) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Armenian: ծնեբեկ (cnebek) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Azerbaijani: qulançar — asparagus shoots (food)
• Basque: zainzuri — asparagus shoots (food)
• Belarusian: спа́ржа (spárža) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Breton: asperjezenn — asparagus shoots (food)
• Bulgarian: аспе́ржа (aspérža) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Burmese: ကညွတ်ရိုး (ka.nywatrui:) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Catalan: espàrrec — asparagus shoots (food)
• Chinese Cantonese: 蘆筍 /芦笋 (lou4 seon2) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Chinese Cantonese: 露筍 /露笋 (lou6 seon2) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘆筍 /芦笋 (lúsǔn) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Czech: chřest — asparagus shoots (food)
• Danish: asparges — asparagus shoots (food)
• Dutch: asperge — asparagus shoots (food)
• East Frisian Low German: speerzje — asparagus shoots (food)
• East Frisian Low German: spóógel — asparagus shoots (food)
• Esperanto: asparago — asparagus shoots (food)
• Esperanto: asparagoj — asparagus shoots (food)
• Estonian: aspar — asparagus shoots (food)
• Faroese: aspargus — asparagus shoots (food)
• Finnish: parsa — asparagus shoots (food)
• French: asperge — asparagus shoots (food)
• Saterland Frisian: Speerjes — asparagus shoots (food)
• Saterland Frisian: Spoargel — asparagus shoots (food)
• West-Frisian: asperzje — asparagus shoots (food)
• West-Frisian: sperzje — asparagus shoots (food)
• Galician: espárrago — asparagus shoots (food)
• Gallurese: isparau — asparagus shoots (food)
• Georgian: სატაცური (saṭacuri) — asparagus shoots (food)
• German: Spargel — asparagus shoots (food)
• Greek: σπαράγγι (sparángi) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Ancient Greek: ἀσφάραγος (aspháragos) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Ancient Greek: ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Hindi: शतावर (śatāvar) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Hindi: सतावर (satāvar) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Hindi: शतावरी (śatāvrī) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Hungarian: spárga — asparagus shoots (food)
• Icelandic: aspas — asparagus shoots (food)
• Icelandic: spergill — asparagus shoots (food)
• Irish: lus súch — asparagus shoots (food)
• Irish: lus súgach — asparagus shoots (food)
• Irish: asparagas — asparagus shoots (food)
• Italian: asparago — asparagus shoots (food)
• Japanese: アスパラガス (asuparagasu) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Korean: 아스파라거스 (aseuparageoseu) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Latin: asparagus — asparagus shoots (food)
• Latin: corruda — asparagus shoots (food)
• Macedonian: аспара́гус (asparágus) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Macedonian: шпа́ргла (špárgla) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Māori: apareka — asparagus shoots (food)
• Māori: parakati — asparagus shoots (food)
• Māori: pikopiko Pākehā — asparagus shoots (food)
• Māori: huatau — asparagus shoots (food)
• Mongolian: хэрээн нүд (xereen nüd) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Mongolian: хэрээний нүд (xereenii nüd) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Mongolian: аспарагус — asparagus shoots (food)
• Mongolian: лууны сахал (luuny saxal) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠨᠢᠳᠦ (keriyen nidü) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠨᠢᠳᠦ (keriyen-ü nidü) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Mongolian: ᠯᠣᠣ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠠᠬᠠᠯ (loo-yin saqal) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Navajo: chʼałdą́ą́ʼ — asparagus shoots (food)
• Navajo: jádí nátʼoh — asparagus shoots (food)
• Norman: aspèrge — asparagus shoots (food)
• Norwegian: asparges — asparagus shoots (food)
• Old English: eorþnafola — asparagus shoots (food)
• Plautdietsch: Sparjel — asparagus shoots (food)
• Polish: szparag — asparagus shoots (food)
• Polish: asparagus — asparagus shoots (food)
• Portuguese: aspargo — asparagus shoots (food)
• Portuguese: espargo — asparagus shoots (food)
• Romanian: sparanghel — asparagus shoots (food)
• Russian: спа́ржа (spárža) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Northern Sami: aspárggus — asparagus shoots (food)
• Campidanese Sardinian: sparau — asparagus shoots (food)
• Sardinian: sparau — asparagus shoots (food)
• Sassarese: ipàramu — asparagus shoots (food)
• Scottish Gaelic: creamh-na-muice-fiadhaich — asparagus shoots (food)
• Serbo-Croatian: вилина метла — asparagus shoots (food)
• Serbo-Croatian: каленац — asparagus shoots (food)
• Serbo-Croatian: шпарога — asparagus shoots (food)
• Serbo-Croatian: vilina metla — asparagus shoots (food)
• Serbo-Croatian: kalenac — asparagus shoots (food)
• Serbo-Croatian: šparoga — asparagus shoots (food)
• Slovak: špargľa — asparagus shoots (food)
• Slovene: beluš — asparagus shoots (food)
• Slovene: špargelj — asparagus shoots (food)
• Spanish: espárrago — asparagus shoots (food)
• Swedish: sparris — asparagus shoots (food)
• Thai: หน่อไม้ฝรั่ง (nɔ̀ɔ-máai-fà-ràng) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Turkish: kuşkonmaz — asparagus shoots (food)
• Ukrainian: спа́ржа (spárža) — asparagus shoots (food)
• Vietnamese: măng tây — asparagus shoots (food)
• Volapük: sparag — asparagus shoots (food)
• Welsh: asbaragws — asparagus shoots (food)
• Yiddish: ספּאַרזשע (sparzhe) — asparagus shoots (food)