noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɹad.ɪʃ/
General-American:/ˈɹæd.ɪʃ/
dated, dialectal:/ˈɹɛd.ɪʃ/
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rhymes with -ædɪʃ
rhymes with -ɪʃ
CMU ARPABET:R AE1 D IH0 SH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in salads, etc., while others have a milder taste and are cooked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Raphanus sativus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radish plant, radish
7
noun
Meaning 7
pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: root
8
noun
Meaning 8
radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daikon, Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: radish plant, radish
History
Etymology
PIE word *wréh2ds From Middle English radiche, from Old English rǣdiċ, from Proto-West Germanic *rādik, borrowed from Latin rādīcem (“root of a plant; radish”); later influenced by Anglo-Norman radich and Middle French radice, borrowed from Italian radice, from the same Latin source. Doublet of radix.
Across languages
Translations
250 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
radijs
— plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
Albanian:
rrapë
— plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus