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vegetal

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɛd͡ʒɨtl̩/
  • General-American: vĕjʹĭ-tl
  • General-American: /ˈvɛd͡ʒɪ̈tl̩/
  • rhymes with -ɛdʒɪtəl
  • CMU ARPABET: V EH1 JH AH0 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to vegetables or plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any vegetable organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

composed of vegetation or plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • regions rich in vegetal products
  • vegetational cover
  • the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vegetational, vegetative

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

(of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vegetative

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: расьлі́нны (rasʹlínny) — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Bulgarian: расти́телен (rastítelen) — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Catalan: vegetal — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Dutch: plantaardig — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Dutch: vegetaal — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Esperanto: vegetala — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Finnish: kasvillinen — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Finnish: kasvi- — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Finnish: kasvis- — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • French: végétal — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Georgian: მცენარეული (mcenareuli) — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Georgian: მცენარეთა (mcenareta) — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • German: pflanzlich — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Hungarian: növényi — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Irish: plandúil — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Occitan: vegetal — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Polish: roślinny — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Portuguese: vegetal — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Russian: расти́тельный (rastítelʹnyj) — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Spanish: vegetal — pertaining to vegetables or plants
  • Ukrainian: росли́нний (roslýnnyj) — pertaining to vegetables or plants