vegetarian

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• Received-Pronunciation: /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/
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• General-American: /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
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• rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
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• General-American: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌvɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹɪən/
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• CMU ARPABET: V EH2 JH AH0 T EH1 R IY2 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From vegetable + -arian; popularized following the foundation of the British Vegetarian Society in 1847.

From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society. (Alternatively, it may derive from vegetus + -arian.)

198 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: вегетарыя́нскі (vjehjetaryjánski) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Bulgarian: вегетариа́нски (vegetariánski) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Catalan: vegetarià — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Dutch: vegetarisch — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Esperanto: vegetarana — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Finnish: kasvis- — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• French: végétarien — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Galician: vexetariano — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Georgian: ვეგეტარიანული (vegeṭarianuli) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• German: vegetarisch — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Greek: χορτοφαγικός (chortofagikós) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Hebrew: צִמְחוֹנִי (tzimẖoní) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Hindi: शाकाहारी (śākāhārī) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Irish: feoilséantach — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Irish: veigeatórach — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Italian: vegetariano — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Japanese: 菜食主義の (saishokushugi no) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Japanese: 草食の (sōshoku no) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Korean: 채식주의의 (chaesikjuuiui) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Latvian: veģetārs — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Macedonian: вегетарија́нски (vegetarijánski) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Māori: kaimanga — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Norman: végétarien — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Polish: wegetariański — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Polish: jarski — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Portuguese: vegetariano — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Romanian: vegetarial — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Russian: вегетариа́нский (vegetariánskij) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Serbo-Croatian: vegetarìjānskī — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Spanish: vegetariano — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Swedish: vegetarisk — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Thai: มังสวิรัติ (mang-sà-wí-rát) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Thai: เจ (jee) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Ukrainian: вегетаріа́нський (vehetariánsʹkyj) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Vietnamese: ăn chay — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Volapük: härbatimik — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Welsh: llysfwytäol — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Welsh: cigwrthodol — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Yiddish: וועגעטאַריש (vegetarish) — relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
• Catalan: vegetarià — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Estonian: taimne — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Finnish: kasvis- — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Galician: vexetariano — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• German: vegetarisch — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• German: pflanzlich — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Irish: feoilséantach — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Irish: veigeatórach — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Norman: végétarien — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Polish: wegetariański — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Polish: jarski — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Spanish: vegetariano — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Swedish: vegetarisk — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Vietnamese: chay — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Yiddish: וועגעטאַריש (vegetarish) — of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat
• Armenian: բուսակեր (busaker) — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Catalan: vegetarià — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Finnish: kasvissyöjä- — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Galician: vexetariano — of a person, that does not eat meat
• German: vegetarisch — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Hebrew: צִמְחוֹנִי (tzimẖoní) — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Hindi: शाकाहारी (śākāhārī) — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Irish: feoilséantach — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Irish: veigeatórach — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Malay: vegetarian — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Malay: pemayur — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Māori: kaimanga — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Norman: végétarien — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Polish: wegetariański — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Polish: jarski — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Spanish: vegetariano — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Yiddish: וועגעטאַריש (vegetarish) — of a person, that does not eat meat
• Afrikaans: vegetariër — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Albanian: vegjetarian — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Arabic: نَبَاتِيّ (nabātiyy) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Armenian: բուսակեր (busaker) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Belarusian: вегетарыя́нец (vjehjetaryjánjec) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Belarusian: вегетарыя́нка (vjehjetaryjánka) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Breton: vejetarian — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Bulgarian: вегетариа́нец (vegetariánec) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Bulgarian: вегетариа́нка (vegetariánka) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Catalan: vegetarià — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Catalan: vegetariana — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Chinese Mandarin: 素食主義者 /素食主义者 (sùshízhǔyìzhě) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Chinese Mandarin: 素食者 (sùshízhě) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Chinese Mandarin: 吃素的人 (chīsù de rén) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Czech: vegetarián — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Czech: vegetariánka — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Danish: vegetar — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Dutch: vegetariër — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Esperanto: vegetarano — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Estonian: taimetoitlane — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Faroese: grønmetiseta — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Finnish: kasvissyöjä — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Finnish: vegetaristi — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• French: végétarien — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• French: végétarienne — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Galician: vexetariano — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Galician: vexetariana — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Georgian: ვეგეტარიანელი (vegeṭarianeli) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• German: Vegetarier — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• German: Vegetarierin — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Greek: χορτοφάγος (chortofágos) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Hebrew: צמחוני (tsimkhoní) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Hindi: शाकाहारी (śākāhārī) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Hungarian: vegetáriánus — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Icelandic: grænmetisæta — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Irish: feoilséantóir — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Irish: veigeatóir — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Irish: luibhiteoir — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Italian: vegetariano — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Japanese: 菜食主義者 (saishokushugisha) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Japanese: ベジタリアン (bejitarian) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Korean: 채식주의자 (chaesikjuuija) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Latvian: veģetārietis — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Limburgish: greunsaeter — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Limburgish: gruuensaeter — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Lithuanian: vegetaras — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Lithuanian: vegetarė — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Macedonian: вегетарија́нец (vegetarijánec) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Macedonian: вегетарија́нка (vegetarijánka) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Malay: pemayur — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Malay: vegetarian — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Māori: kaimanga — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Norwegian: vegetarianer — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Persian: گیاهخوار (giyâhxâr) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Persian: وژتارین (vežetâryan) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Polish: wegetarianin — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Polish: wegetarianka — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Polish: jarosz — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Polish: jaroszka — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Portuguese: vegetariano — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Portuguese: vegetariana — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Romanian: vegetariană — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Romanian: vegetarian — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Russian: вегетариа́нец (vegetariánec) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Russian: вегетариа́нка (vegetariánka) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-sheachnair — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Scottish Gaelic: glasraichear — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Scottish Gaelic: lusair — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Serbo-Croatian: vegetarijánac — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Serbo-Croatian: vegetarìjānka — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Slovak: vegetarián — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Slovak: vegetariánka — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Slovene: vegetarijanec — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Slovene: vegetarijanka — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Spanish: vegetariano — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Spanish: vegetariana — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Swahili: mla mboga — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Swedish: vegetarian — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Tagalog: manggugulayin — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Tagalog: kaing-awoy — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Tagalog: kaing-gulay — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Tagalog: hingutan — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Thai: มังสวิรัติ (mang-sà-wí-rát) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Turkish: vejetaryen — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Turkish: etyemez — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Ukrainian: вегетаріа́нець (vehetariánecʹ) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Ukrainian: вегетаріа́нка (vehetariánka) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Vietnamese: người ăn chay — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Volapük: härbatiman — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Volapük: hihärbatiman — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Volapük: jihärbatiman — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Welsh: llysieuwr — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Welsh: llysfwytäwr — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Welsh: cigwrthodwr — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Yiddish: וועגעטאַריער (vegetaryer) — person who does not eat any animal flesh
• Afrikaans: herbivoor — plant-eating animal
• Bulgarian: тревоя́дно (trevojádno) — plant-eating animal
• Czech: býložravec — plant-eating animal
• Danish: planteæder — plant-eating animal
• Danish: herbivor — plant-eating animal
• Dutch: herbivoor — plant-eating animal
• Finnish: kasvinsyöjä — plant-eating animal
• French: herbivore — plant-eating animal
• Galician: herbívoro — plant-eating animal
• Georgian: ბალახისმჭამელი (balaxismč̣ameli) — plant-eating animal
• German: Pflanzenfresser — plant-eating animal
• Greek: φυτοφάγο (fytofágo) — plant-eating animal
• Hindi: शाकाहारी (śākāhārī) — plant-eating animal
• Hungarian: növényevő — plant-eating animal
• Japanese: 草食 (sōshoku) — plant-eating animal
• Macedonian: тревопа́сно (trevopásno) — plant-eating animal
• Nepali: शाकाहारी (śākāhārī) — plant-eating animal
• Polish: roślinożerca — plant-eating animal
• Portuguese: herbívoro — plant-eating animal
• Romanian: ierbivor — plant-eating animal
• Russian: травоя́дное (travojádnoje) — plant-eating animal
• Scottish Gaelic: feòil-sheachnair — plant-eating animal
• Scottish Gaelic: lusair — plant-eating animal
• Scottish Gaelic: glasraichear — plant-eating animal
• Serbo-Croatian: bȉljojēd — plant-eating animal
• Serbo-Croatian: bȉljožder — plant-eating animal
• Turkish: otçul — plant-eating animal
• Volapük: planifidaf — plant-eating animal
• Volapük: planihifidaf — plant-eating animal
• Volapük: planijifidaf — plant-eating animal
• Welsh: llysysor — plant-eating animal
• Welsh: llysysydd — plant-eating animal