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okra

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɒkɹə/
  • UK: /ˈəʊkɹə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈoʊkɹə/
  • rhymes with -əʊkɹə
  • rhymes with -ɒkɹə
  • CMU ARPABET: OW1 K R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gumbo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg

4

noun

Meaning 4

tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gumbo, okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

5

noun

Meaning 5

long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pod, seedpod

History

Etymology

From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).

Across languages

Translations

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bamje — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Amharic: ባሚያ (bamiya) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Arabic: بَامْيَة (bāmya) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Arabic: بَامْيَا (bāmyā) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Chadian Arabic: ضرابة (darrāba) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Chadian Arabic: ضراباي (darrābāy) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Arabic: بامية (bāmya) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Arabic: ملوخية (mlūḵiyya) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Armenian: բամիա (bamia) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Armenian: պամիա (pamia) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Armenian: կուտատուկ (kutatuk) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Azerbaijani: bamiyə — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Bengali: ঢেঁড়স (ḍhẽṛoś) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Bulgarian: бамя (bamja) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Burmese: ရုံးပတီသီး (rum:pa.tisi:) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Catalan: ocra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 秋葵 (cau1 kwai4) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 秋葵 (qiūkuí) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃秋葵 /黄秋葵 (huángqiūkuí) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羊角豆 (yángjiǎodòu) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Dhivehi: ބާމިޔާ (bāmiyā) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Dinka: adarap — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Dinka: aluek — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Dinka: aluogo — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Esperanto: gombo — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Esperanto: gombofrukto — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Finnish: okran kota — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Finnish: okra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • French: gombo — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • German: Okra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • German: Gemüse-Eibisch — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Greek: μπάμια (bámia) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Gujarati: ભીંડો (bhī̃ḍo) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Haitian Creole: kalalou — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Hausa: kuɓewa — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Hebrew: במיה (bamia) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Hindi: भिंडी (bhiṇḍī) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Irish: ocra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Italian: gombo — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Italian: ocra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Japanese: オクラ (okura) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Kannada: ಬೆಂಡೆಕಾಯಿ (beṇḍekāyi) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Khmer: ពោតបារាំង (poot baarang) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Kimbundu: kingombo — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Konkani: भेंडो (bheṇḍo) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Korean: 오크라 (okeura) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Central Kurdish: بامێ (bamê) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Northern Kurdish: bamî — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Northern Kurdish: bamiye — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Ladino: bamyas — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Luo: dania — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Malay: bendi — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Malayalam: വെണ്ടക്ക (veṇṭakka) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Malayalam: വെണ്ട (veṇṭa) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Malayalam: വെണ്ടക്കായ് (veṇṭakkāyŭ) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Marathi: भेंडी (bheṇḍī) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Nepali: भिण्डी (bhiṇḍī) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Nobiin: weka — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Odia: ଭେଣ୍ଡି (bheṇḍi) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Oromo: fosoliyaa — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Pashto: بېنډۍ — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Persian: بامیه — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Polish: okra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Portuguese: quiabo — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Punjabi: ਭਿੰਡੀ (bhiṇḍī) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Romanian: bamă — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Russian: о́кра (ókra) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Russian: бами́я (bamíja) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Russian: да́мские па́льчики (dámskije pálʹčiki) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Russian: го́мбо (gómbo) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Serbo-Croatian: bamija — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Shona: derere — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Sindhi: भींडी — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Sindhi: ڀِينڊيِ (bhī̃ḍyi) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Sinhalese: බණ්ඩක්කා (baṇḍakkā) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: quingombó — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: quimbombó — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: gombo — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: molondrón — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: ocra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: bamia — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: abelmosco — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Spanish: ñajú — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Sranan Tongo: okro — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Swahili: bamia — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Swahili: binda — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Swahili: benda — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Swedish: okra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Tagalog: okra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Tamil: வெண்டைக்காய் (veṇṭaikkāy) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Tamil: வெண்டை (veṇṭai) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Telugu: బెండ (beṇḍa) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Telugu: బెండకాయ (beṇḍakāya) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Thai: กระเจี๊ยบ (grà-jíiap) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Tulu: ಬೆಂಡೆ (beṇḍe) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Turkish: bamya — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Ottoman Turkish: بامیه (bamya, bamye) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Vietnamese: đậu bắp — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Vietnamese: mướp tây — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Welsh: ocra — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Yiddish: באַמיע (bamye) — edible capsules of A. esculentus
  • Afrikaans: okraconsumptie — A. esculentus
  • Akan: nkruma — A. esculentus
  • Albanian: bamje — A. esculentus
  • Arabic: بَامِيَة (bāmiya) — A. esculentus
  • Chadian Arabic: ضرابة (darrāba) — A. esculentus
  • Chadian Arabic: ضراباي (darrābāy) — A. esculentus
  • Arabic: بمية (bamya) — A. esculentus
  • Arabic: بامية (bamya) — A. esculentus
  • Armenian: բամիա (bamia) — A. esculentus
  • Assamese: ভেন্দি (bhendi) — A. esculentus
  • Azerbaijani: bamya — A. esculentus
  • Basque: okra — A. esculentus
  • Bengali: ঢেঁড়স (ḍhẽṛoś) — A. esculentus
  • Bole: gombira — A. esculentus
  • Bulgarian: ба́мя (bámja) — A. esculentus
  • Burmese: ရုံးပတီ (rum:pa.ti) — A. esculentus
  • Catalan: ocra — A. esculentus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 秋葵 (cau1 kwai4) — A. esculentus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 秋葵 (qiūkuí) — A. esculentus
  • Danish: okra — A. esculentus
  • Esperanto: gombo — A. esculentus
  • Esperanto: gomboplanto — A. esculentus
  • Estonian: söödav muskushibisk — A. esculentus
  • Estonian: okra — A. esculentus
  • Estonian: baamia — A. esculentus
  • Finnish: okra — A. esculentus
  • French: gombo — A. esculentus
  • Fula: la'aaje — A. esculentus
  • Galician: quiabo — A. esculentus
  • Georgian: ბამი (bami) — A. esculentus
  • German: Okra — A. esculentus
  • Gourmanchéma: mantiigu — A. esculentus
  • Greek: μπάμια (bámia) — A. esculentus
  • Hausa: kuɓḕwā — A. esculentus
  • Hebrew: במיה (bamia) — A. esculentus
  • Hindi: भिंडी (bhiṇḍī) — A. esculentus
  • Ido: okro — A. esculentus
  • Igbo: ọkwọrọ — A. esculentus
  • Irish: ocra — A. esculentus
  • Italian: gombo — A. esculentus
  • Italian: bamia — A. esculentus
  • Japanese: オクラ (okura) — A. esculentus
  • Japanese: アメリカネリ (amerika-neri) — A. esculentus
  • Korean: 오크라 (okeura) — A. esculentus
  • Central Kurdish: بامێ (bamê) — A. esculentus
  • Central Kurdish: بامیە (bamye) — A. esculentus
  • Northern Kurdish: bamî — A. esculentus
  • Northern Kurdish: bamiye — A. esculentus
  • Ladino: bamyas — A. esculentus
  • Macedonian: бамја (bamja) — A. esculentus
  • Malay: bendi — A. esculentus
  • Malayalam: വെണ്ട (veṇṭa) — A. esculentus
  • Marathi: भेंडी (bheṇḍī) — A. esculentus
  • Mon: ၜဝ်ကဒါတ် (ḅaw kadāt) — A. esculentus
  • Odia: ଭେଣ୍ଡି (bheṇḍi) — A. esculentus
  • Polish: róża chińska — A. esculentus
  • Polish: okra — A. esculentus
  • Polish: ketmia piżmowa — A. esculentus
  • Polish: piżmian właściwy — A. esculentus
  • Portuguese: quiabeiro — A. esculentus
  • Romanian: bamă — A. esculentus
  • Russian: ба́мия (bámija) — A. esculentus
  • Russian: го́мбо (gómbo) — A. esculentus
  • Russian: о́кра (ókra) — A. esculentus
  • Russian: да́мские па́льчики (dámskije pálʹčiki) — A. esculentus
  • Serbo-Croatian: бамија — A. esculentus
  • Serbo-Croatian: bamija — A. esculentus
  • Sinhalese: බණ්ඩක්කා (baṇḍakkā) — A. esculentus
  • Slovene: bamija — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: okra — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: chaucha turca — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: chimbombó — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: guingambó — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: molondrón — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: ñajú — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: quimbombó — A. esculentus
  • Spanish: quingombó — A. esculentus
  • Swahili: bamia — A. esculentus
  • Swahili: mbamia — A. esculentus
  • Swedish: okra — A. esculentus
  • Tagalog: okra — A. esculentus
  • Tamil: வெண்டை (veṇṭai) — A. esculentus
  • Thai: กระเจี๊ยบ (grà-jíiap) — A. esculentus
  • Thai: กระเจี๊ยบมอญ (grà-jíiap-mɔɔn) — A. esculentus
  • Thai: กระเจี๊ยบเขียว — A. esculentus
  • Turkish: bamya — A. esculentus
  • Ottoman Turkish: بامیه (bamya, bamye) — A. esculentus
  • Urdu: بھنڈی (bhiṇḍi) — A. esculentus
  • Vietnamese: mướp tây — A. esculentus
  • Vietnamese: đậu bắp — A. esculentus
  • Wolof: kànja — A. esculentus
  • Wolof: kànje — A. esculentus
  • Yiddish: באַמיע (bamye) — A. esculentus
  • Yoruba: ilá — A. esculentus