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radish

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

Usage: countable, in-compounds, uncountable

Examples

  • rat-tail radish (Raphanus caudatus); wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

pungent fleshy edible root

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: root vegetable, cruciferous vegetable

5

noun

Meaning 5

a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: radish plant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crucifer, cruciferous plant

Narrower terms: radish, Raphanus sativus, daikon, Japanese radish, Raphanus sativus longipinnatus

6

noun

Meaning 6

Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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
  • Southern Altai: ачу чалкан (aču čalkan) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Amharic: ፍጅል (fəǧl) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Arabic: فُجْل (fujl) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Arabic: فجل (figl) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Arabic: فجلة (figla) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Arabic: فِجِل (fijil) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Arabic: فِجِل (fíjel) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܓ݂ܠܵܐ (puḡlā) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Aramaic: ܦܘܓ݂ܠܐ (puḡlā) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Armenian: բողկ (boġk) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Assamese: মূলা (mula) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Asturian: rábanu — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Azerbaijani: turp — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Basque: errefautxo — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Belarusian: рады́ска (radýska) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Belarusian: рэ́дзька (rédzʹka) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Bengali: মূলা (mula) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Bhojpuri: मूली (mūlī) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Bulgarian: ре́пичка (répička) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Catalan: ravenera — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Cebuano: labanos — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (lo4 baak6) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Hakka Chinese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (lò-phe̍t) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Hakka Chinese: 蘿蔔仔 /萝卜仔 (lò-phe̍t-é) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Hakka Chinese: 菜頭 /菜头 (choi-thèu) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Chinese: 菜頭 /菜头 (zh-min-nan) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Chinese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (lô-po̍k) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (luóbo) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菜頭 /菜头 (càitóu) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Chuvash: кӑшман (kăšman) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Czech: ředkvička — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Czech: ředkev — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Czech: ředkev setá — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Danish: ræddike — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Dutch: radijs — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Erzya: кшумань (kšumań) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Esperanto: rafano — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Estonian: redis — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Finnish: retiisi — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • French: radis — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Gagauz: trup — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Galician: ravo — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Galician: samargo — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Galician: saramago — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Galician: xaramago — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Galician: senradela — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Georgian: ბოლოკი (boloḳi) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • German: Radieschen — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • German: Rettich — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Greek: ραπάνι (rapáni) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Ancient Greek: ῥαφανίς (rhaphanís) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Gujarati: મૂળો (mūḷo) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Hebrew: צְנוֹן (tsnon) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Hindi: मूली (mūlī) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Hungarian: retek — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Icelandic: radísa — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Indonesian: lobak — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Ingrian: rediska — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Irish: raidis — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Italian: ravanello — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Japanese: 大根 — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Japanese: ラディッシュ (radisshu) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Javanese: lobak — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Kannada: ಮೂಲಂಗಿ (mūlaṅgi) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Kapampangan: labanus — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Karelian: retiisi — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Kazakh: шомыр (şomyr) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Kazakh: шалғам (şalğam) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Komi-Permyak: кушман (kušman) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Komi-Zyrian: кушман (kušman) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Korean: 무 (mu) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Central Kurdish: توور (tûr) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Northern Kurdish: tivir — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Kyrgyz: турп (turp) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Kyrgyz: чамгыр (camgır) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Kyrgyz: шалгам (şalgam) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Latin: raphanum — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Latvian: redīss — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Lithuanian: ridikas — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Macedonian: ротква (rotkva) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Macedonian: ’рдоква (’rdokva) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Malay: lobak cina — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Malay: lobak putih — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Malay: rades — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Malayalam: മുള്ളങ്കി (muḷḷaṅki) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Maltese: ravanell — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Manchu: ᠮᡠᡵᠰᠠ (mursa) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Māori: rātihi — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Māori: u(w)hikura — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Marathi: मुळा (muḷā) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Eastern Mari: ушмен (ušmen) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Western Mari: качы ушман (kačy ušman) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Navajo: akétłʼóól łichxííʼí yázhí — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Norman: radiche — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reddik — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reddik — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Old English: rǣdiċ — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Ossetian: булкъ (bulk’) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Persian: ترب (torob) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Pohnpeian: daikong — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Polish: rzodkiewka — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Portuguese: rabanete — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Quechua: rawanu — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Romanian: ridiche — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Russian: реди́с (redís) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Russian: реди́ска (redíska) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Russian: ре́дька (rédʹka) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Salar: turma — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Scots: reefort — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̏тква — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̏тквица — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȍtkva — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȍtkvica — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Slovak: reďkev — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Slovak: reďkovka — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Slovene: redkev — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Spanish: rábano — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Swahili: figili — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Swedish: rättika — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Swedish: rädisa — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Tagalog: labanos — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Tamil: முள்ளங்கி (muḷḷaṅki) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Tangut: 𘐣𗪸 — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Tatar: торма (torma) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Telugu: ముల్లంగి (mullaṅgi) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Thai: ไชเท้า (chai-táao) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Turkish: turp — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Ottoman Turkish: طورپ (turp) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Udmurt: кушман (kušman) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Ukrainian: реди́ска (redýska) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Ukrainian: реди́с (redýs) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Ukrainian: ре́дька (rédʹka) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Vietnamese: củ cải — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Volapük: räf — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Welsh: rhuddygl — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Yiddish: רעטעך (retekh) — plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus
  • Arabic: فُجْل (fujl) — edible root
  • Arabic: فجل (figl) — edible root
  • Arabic: فجلة (figla) — edible root
  • Arabic: فِجِل (fijil) — edible root
  • Arabic: فِجِل (fíjel) — edible root
  • Armenian: բողկ (boġk) — edible root
  • Asturian: rábanu — edible root
  • Belarusian: рады́ска (radýska) — edible root
  • Belarusian: рэ́дзька (rédzʹka) — edible root
  • Bulgarian: ре́пичка (répička) — edible root
  • Catalan: rave — edible root
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎳᏗᏍᎩ (galadisgi) — edible root
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (lo4 baak6) — edible root
  • Hakka Chinese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (lò-phe̍t) — edible root
  • Hakka Chinese: 蘿蔔仔 /萝卜仔 (lò-phe̍t-é) — edible root
  • Hakka Chinese: 菜頭 /菜头 (choi-thèu) — edible root
  • Chinese: 菜頭 /菜头 (zh-min-nan) — edible root
  • Chinese: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (lô-po̍k) — edible root
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (luóbo) — edible root
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菜頭 /菜头 (càitóu) — edible root
  • Czech: ředkvička — edible root
  • Danish: radise — edible root
  • Dutch: radijsje — edible root
  • Dutch: rammenas — edible root
  • Esperanto: rafaneto — edible root
  • Faroese: reðka — edible root
  • Faroese: radisa — edible root
  • Faroese: redikur — edible root
  • Finnish: retiisi (var. sativus) — edible root
  • Finnish: retikka — edible root
  • French: radis — edible root
  • Galician: ravo — edible root
  • Galician: samargo — edible root
  • Galician: saramago — edible root
  • Galician: xaramago — edible root
  • Galician: senradela — edible root
  • Georgian: ბოლოკი (boloḳi) — edible root
  • German: Radieschen — edible root
  • Greek: ραπάνι (rapáni) — edible root
  • Ancient Greek: ῥαφανίς (rhaphanís) — edible root
  • Hebrew: צְנוֹן (tsnon) — edible root
  • Hindi: मूली (mūlī) — edible root
  • Hungarian: retek — edible root
  • Icelandic: hreðka — edible root
  • Icelandic: radísa — edible root
  • Indonesian: lobak — edible root
  • Ingrian: rediska — edible root
  • Italian: ravanello — edible root
  • Japanese: 大根 — edible root
  • Japhug: lɤpɯɣ — edible root
  • Kannada: ಮೂಲಂಗಿ (mūlaṅgi) — edible root
  • Korean: 무 (mu) — edible root
  • Central Kurdish: توور (tûr) — edible root
  • Latin: raphanus — edible root
  • Macedonian: ротквица (rotkvica) — edible root
  • Malay: lobak — edible root
  • Malayalam: മുള്ളങ്കി (muḷḷaṅki) — edible root
  • Maltese: ravanell — edible root
  • Maltese: fiġel — edible root
  • Māori: rātihi — edible root
  • Māori: rētihi — edible root
  • Māori: u(w)hikura — edible root
  • Marathi: मुळा (muḷā) — edible root
  • Mongolian: улаан лууван (ulaan luuvan) — edible root
  • Nahuatl: rāhuano — edible root
  • Navajo: akétłʼóól łichxííʼí yázhí — edible root
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reddik — edible root
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reddik — edible root
  • Old English: rǣdiċ — edible root
  • Ossetian: булкъ (bulk’) — edible root
  • Persian: ترب (torob) — edible root
  • Persian: تربچه (torobče) — edible root
  • Plautdietsch: Radieskje — edible root
  • Pohnpeian: daikong — edible root
  • Polish: rzodkiewka — edible root
  • Portuguese: rabanete — edible root
  • Romanian: ridiche — edible root
  • Romansh: ravanel — edible root
  • Romansh: ravanel alv — edible root
  • Russian: реди́ска (redíska) — edible root
  • Russian: реди́с (redís) — edible root
  • Sanskrit: मूल (mūla) — edible root
  • Scottish Gaelic: meacan-ruadh — edible root
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̏тква — edible root
  • Serbo-Croatian: ро̏тквица — edible root
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȍtkva — edible root
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȍtkvica — edible root
  • Slovak: reďkovka — edible root
  • Slovene: redkvica — edible root
  • Spanish: rábano — edible root
  • Swedish: rädisa — edible root
  • Tamil: முள்ளங்கி (muḷḷaṅki) — edible root
  • Telugu: ముల్లంగి (mullaṅgi) — edible root
  • Tibetan: ལ་ཕུག (la phug) — edible root
  • Ottoman Turkish: طورپ (turp) — edible root
  • Ukrainian: реди́ска (redýska) — edible root
  • Ukrainian: реди́с (redýs) — edible root
  • Volapük: räf — edible root
  • Welsh: rhuddyglen — edible root
  • Wolof: radi — edible root
  • Yiddish: רעטעך (retekh) — edible root
  • Bulgarian: ря́па (rjápa) — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Chuvash: йӳҫ кӑшман (jüś kăšman) — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Czech: ředkev — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Finnish: retikka — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • German: Rettich — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Komi-Zyrian: кушман (kušman) — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Eastern Mari: кочушмен (kočušmen) — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Western Mari: качы ушман (kačy ušman) — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Polish: rzodkiew — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Udmurt: курыткушман (kurytkušman) — plant of the Raphanus genus
  • Ukrainian: ре́дька (rédʹka) — plant of the Raphanus genus
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