pickle

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• /ˈpɪkəl/
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From Middle English pikel (“spicy sauce served with meat or fish”), borrowed from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pekel (“brine”). Cognate with Scots pikkill (“salt liquor, brine”), Saterland Frisian Piekele (“pickle, brine”), Dutch pekel (“pickle, brine”), Low German pekel, peckel, pickel, bickel (“pickle, brine”), German Pökel (“pickle, brine”), Icelandic pækill (“brine”).

Perhaps from Scottish pickle, apparently from pick + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Scots pickil.

257 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُخَلَّل (muḵallal) — preserved cucumber
• Armenian: թթու վարունգ (tʻtʻu varung) — preserved cucumber
• Bulgarian: кисела краставичка (kisela krastavička) — preserved cucumber
• Catalan: cogombret — preserved cucumber
• Chinese Cantonese: 酸瓜 (syun1 gwaa1) — preserved cucumber
• Chinese Cantonese: 醃青瓜 /腌青瓜 (jip3 ceng1 gwaa1) — preserved cucumber
• Chinese Mandarin: 醃黃瓜 /腌黄瓜 (yānhuángguā) — preserved cucumber
• Czech: okurka nakládačka — preserved cucumber
• Czech: kyselá okurka — preserved cucumber
• Dutch: (ingemaakte) augurk — preserved cucumber
• Esperanto: kukumeto — preserved cucumber
• Estonian: äädikkurk — preserved cucumber
• Estonian: soolkurk — preserved cucumber
• Estonian: purgikurk — preserved cucumber
• Estonian: hapukurk — preserved cucumber
• Estonian: ürdikurk — preserved cucumber
• Estonian: vürtsikurk — preserved cucumber
• Finnish: maustekurkku — preserved cucumber
• Finnish: suolakurkku (in brine) — preserved cucumber
• Finnish: kurkku — preserved cucumber
• French: cornichon — preserved cucumber
• Georgian: მწნილი (mc̣nili) — preserved cucumber
• German: eingelegte Gurke — preserved cucumber
• German: saure Gurke — preserved cucumber
• German: Essiggurke — preserved cucumber
• German: Gewürzgurke — preserved cucumber
• Greek: πίκλα (píkla) — preserved cucumber
• Greek: τουρσί (toursí) — preserved cucumber
• Greenlandic: agurki — preserved cucumber
• Hebrew: מלפפון חמוץ — preserved cucumber
• Hebrew: חמוצים — preserved cucumber
• Hungarian: csemegeuborka — preserved cucumber
• Hungarian: kovászos uborka — preserved cucumber
• Ido: piklokukombreto — preserved cucumber
• Italian: cetriolino — preserved cucumber
• Italian: cetriolo sottaceto — preserved cucumber
• Italian: cetriolino sottaceto — preserved cucumber
• Japanese: 漬物 (tsukemono) — preserved cucumber
• Japanese: 漬け物 (tsukemono) — preserved cucumber
• Japanese: ピクルス (pikurusu) — preserved cucumber
• Korean: 절임 (jeorim) — preserved cucumber
• Korean: 피클 (pikeul) — preserved cucumber
• Northern Kurdish: tirozî — preserved cucumber
• Northern Kurdish: tilozî — preserved cucumber
• Lithuanian: raugintas agurkas — preserved cucumber
• Macedonian: корнишо́н (kornišón) — preserved cucumber
• Macedonian: кисела краставичка (kisela krastavička) — preserved cucumber
• Mongolian: даршилсан ногоо (daršilsan nogoo) — preserved cucumber
• Navajo: naayízí díkʼǫ́zhí — preserved cucumber
• Navajo: taʼneeskʼánítsʼózí díkʼǫ́zhígíí — preserved cucumber
• Norwegian: sylteagurk — preserved cucumber
• Ojibwe: zhiiwisijigaans — preserved cucumber
• Ojibwe: zhiiwi-bipakoombens — preserved cucumber
• Pannonian Rusyn: квашена огурка (kvašena ohurka) — preserved cucumber
• Persian: خیارشور (xiyâr-šur) — preserved cucumber
• Polish: ogórek kiszony — preserved cucumber
• Polish: ogórek w occie — preserved cucumber
• Portuguese: picles — preserved cucumber
• Romanian: castravete murat — preserved cucumber
• Russian: солёный огуре́ц (soljónyj oguréc) — preserved cucumber
• Russian: ки́слый огуре́ц (kíslyj oguréc) — preserved cucumber
• Russian: ква́шеный огуре́ц (kvášenyj oguréc) — preserved cucumber
• Russian: корнишо́н (kornišón) — preserved cucumber
• Serbo-Croatian: кисели краставац — preserved cucumber
• Serbo-Croatian: kiseli krastavac — preserved cucumber
• Slovak: kyslá uhorka — preserved cucumber
• Spanish: pepinillo — preserved cucumber
• Swedish: inläggning — preserved cucumber
• Swedish: inlagd — preserved cucumber
• Swedish: saltgurka — preserved cucumber
• Swedish: ättiksgurka — preserved cucumber
• Turkish: turşu — preserved cucumber
• Turkish: kornişon — preserved cucumber
• Turkish: salatalık turşusu — preserved cucumber
• Ukrainian: ква́шений огіро́к (kvášenyj ohirók) — preserved cucumber
• Ukrainian: соло́ний огіро́к (solónyj ohirók) — preserved cucumber
• Ukrainian: марино́ваний огіро́к (marynóvanyj ohirók) — preserved cucumber
• Vietnamese: dưa chua — preserved cucumber
• Vietnamese: dưa muối — preserved cucumber
• Welsh: piclen — preserved cucumber
• Yiddish: זויערע אוגערקע (zoyere ugerke) — preserved cucumber
• Armenian: թթու (tʻtʻu) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Armenian: թթու դրած բանջարեղեն (tʻtʻu drac banǰareġen) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Bulgarian: туршия (turšija) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Burmese: ချဉ်ဖတ် (hkyanyhpat) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Catalan: conserva — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Catalan: envinagrat — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Chinese Cantonese: 醃菜 /腌菜 (jim1 coi3) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Chinese Cantonese: 鹹菜 /咸菜 (haam4 coi3) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Chinese Cantonese: 泡菜 (paau3 coi3) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Chinese: 鹹菜 /咸菜 (zh-min-nan) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Chinese Mandarin: 醃菜 /腌菜 (yāncài) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹹菜 /咸菜 (xiáncài) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Chinese Mandarin: 泡菜 (pàocài) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Dutch: pickles — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Estonian: hoidis — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Estonian: purgisalat — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Finnish: pikkelssi — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Finnish: pikkelöidyt vihannekset — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• French: pickles — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• German: eingelegtes Gemüse — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Greek: τουρσί (toursí) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Ancient Greek: κολυμβάς (kolumbás) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Greenlandic: agurki — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Hindi: अचार (acār) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Hungarian: savanyúság — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Ido: piklo — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Italian: sottaceti — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Japanese: 酢漬け (suzuke) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ (uppinakāyi) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Konkani: लोणचें (loṇcẽ) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Latin: salgama — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Macedonian: туршија (turšija) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Malay: jeruk — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Malay: acar — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Māori: pīkara — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Marathi: लोणचे (loṇce) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Nepali: अचार (acār) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Persian: ترشی (torši) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Persian: آچار (âčâr) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Polish: kiszonka — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Polish: kwaszonka — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Polish: marynata — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Portuguese: conservado — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Portuguese: achar — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Rohingya: añsar — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Romanian: murătură — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Russian: соле́нье (solénʹje) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Serbo-Croatian: туршија — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Serbo-Croatian: зимница — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Serbo-Croatian: turšija — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Serbo-Croatian: zimnica — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Spanish: encurtido — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Swahili: achali — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Swedish: inläggning — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Tamil: ஊறுகாய் (ūṟukāy) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Telugu: పచ్చడి (paccaḍi) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Turkish: turşu — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Ukrainian: солі́ння (solínnja) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Ukrainian: пі́кулі (píkuli) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Urdu: اچار (acār) — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Vietnamese: dưa — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Vietnamese: đồ chua — any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
• Armenian: թթվաջուր (tʻtʻvaǰur) — brine used for preserving food
• Bulgarian: саламура (salamura) — brine used for preserving food
• Czech: lák — brine used for preserving food
• Dutch: pekel — brine used for preserving food
• Estonian: äädikvesi — brine used for preserving food
• Estonian: soolvesi — brine used for preserving food
• Estonian: marinaad — brine used for preserving food
• Finnish: liemi — brine used for preserving food
• Finnish: etikkaliemi — brine used for preserving food
• Finnish: suolaliemi — brine used for preserving food
• German: Lake — brine used for preserving food
• Greek: γάρος (gáros) — brine used for preserving food
• Greek: άλμη (álmi) — brine used for preserving food
• Italian: salamoia — brine used for preserving food
• Japanese: 塩水 (shiomizu) — brine used for preserving food
• Korean: 간물 (ganmul) — brine used for preserving food
• Macedonian: расол (rasol) — brine used for preserving food
• Polish: pikiel — brine used for preserving food
• Portuguese: salmoura — brine used for preserving food
• Romanian: moare — brine used for preserving food
• Russian: рассо́л (rassól) — brine used for preserving food
• Serbo-Croatian: rasol — brine used for preserving food
• Spanish: vinagreta — brine used for preserving food
• Swedish: inläggning — brine used for preserving food
• Swedish: lag — brine used for preserving food
• Turkish: salamura — brine used for preserving food
• Ottoman Turkish: سالامورا (salamura) — brine used for preserving food
• Ukrainian: рупа́ (rupá) — brine used for preserving food
• Ukrainian: квас (kvas) — brine used for preserving food
• Ukrainian: розсі́л (rozsíl) — brine used for preserving food
• Armenian: անախորժ դրություն (anaxorž drutʻyun) — difficult situation
• Bulgarian: неприятно положение (neprijatno položenie) — difficult situation
• Czech: šlamastyka — difficult situation
• Czech: polízanice — difficult situation
• Czech: nadělení — difficult situation
• Czech: kaše — difficult situation
• Dutch: puree — difficult situation
• Finnish: liemi — difficult situation
• German: Tinte — difficult situation
• German: Patsche — difficult situation
• German: Schlamassel — difficult situation
• Hungarian: pác — difficult situation
• Italian: pasticcio — difficult situation
• Italian: guaio — difficult situation
• Ukrainian: неприє́мне стано́вище (nepryjémne stanóvyšče) — difficult situation
• Dutch: zoetje — affectionate term for a loved one
• German: Frechdachs — affectionate term for a loved one
• Greek: διαβολάκι (diavoláki) — affectionate term for a loved one
• Greek: ζιζάνιο (zizánio) — affectionate term for a loved one
• Italian: diavoletto — affectionate term for a loved one
• Italian: birichino — affectionate term for a loved one
• Estonian: koerakont — children's game
• Finnish: polttopallo — children's game
• German: Neckball — children's game
• Dutch: worst — slang: penis — see also penis
• Italian: pisello — slang: penis — see also penis
• Italian: cetriolo — slang: penis — see also penis
• Bulgarian: киселинна вана (kiselinna vana) — metalworking: bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc.
• Finnish: peittausneste — metalworking: bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc.
• Italian: decapaggio — metalworking: bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc.
• Armenian: թթու դնել (tʻtʻu dnel) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Bulgarian: мариновам (marinovam) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Burmese: အချဉ်တည် (a.hkyanytany) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Burmese: အချဉ်ဖောက် (a.hkyanyhpauk) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Burmese: ချဉ်ဖတ်တည် (hkyanyhpattany) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Burmese: ဆားစိမ် (hca:cim) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Burmese: ကုလားတည် (ku.la:tany) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Catalan: escabetxar — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Catalan: conservar — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Chinese Cantonese: 醃菜 /腌菜 (jip3 coi3) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Chinese Mandarin: 腌菜 (yāncài) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Chinese Mandarin: 鹹菜 /咸菜 (xiáncài) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Chinese Mandarin: 泡菜 (pàocài) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Chinese Mandarin: 腌 (yān) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Czech: naložit — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Dutch: inmaken — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Dutch: pekelen — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Esperanto: pekli — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Finnish: suolata — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Finnish: säilöä — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Finnish: säilöä etikkaliemeen — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Finnish: pikkelöidä — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• French: saler — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• German: einlegen — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• German: pökeln — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Ancient Greek: ἁλμεύω (halmeúō) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Hindi: अचार बनाना (acār banānā) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Hungarian: savanyít — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Japanese: 漬ける (tsukeru) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Latvian: skābēt — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Macedonian: закиселува (zakiseluva) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Māori: pīkara — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Norman: piclier — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Polish: kisić — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Portuguese: conservar — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Portuguese: salmourar — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Romanian: mura — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Russian: заса́ливать (zasálivatʹ) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Russian: соли́ть (solítʹ) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Russian: ква́сить (kvásitʹ) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Russian: засоли́ть (zasolítʹ) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Russian: маринова́ть (marinate) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Scottish Gaelic: saill — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Spanish: encurtir — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Spanish: escabechar — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Spanish: conservar — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Swedish: lägga in — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Thai: ดอง (dɔɔng) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Ukrainian: ква́сити (kvásyty) — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Vietnamese: muối — to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
• Bulgarian: ецвам (ecvam) — to remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated industrial acid
• Finnish: peitata — to remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated industrial acid
• German: beizen — to remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated industrial acid
• Italian: decapaggio — to remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated industrial acid