lentil

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lentil

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Etymology

From Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns, from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse, Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros) and Lithuanian lęšis. Doublet of lenticula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl
• Hyphenation: len‧til

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

2. Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
3. The seed of these plants, used as food.

   make a lentil stew

   a lentil salad

Derived terms

• beluga lentil
• lentil shell
• lentil-weaver
• lentil-weaving
• Le Puy lentil
• Puy lentil
• water lentil

 

Related terms

• lens
• lenticular

Translations

plant Lens culinaris

Albanian: thjerrë (sq) f Arabic: عَدَس (ar) m (ʕadas) Egyptian Arabic: عدس m pl (ʕads) Armenian: ոսպ (hy) (osp) Old Armenian: ոսպն (ospn) Aromanian: linti f, pãpudã f Bashkir: яҫмыҡ (yaśmıq) Belarusian: сачаві́ца f (sačavíca), сачы́ўка f (sačýŭka), сачэ́ўка f (sačéŭka), сачо́ўка f (sačóŭka) Bengali: মসুর (bn) (mośur), ডাল (bn) (ḍal) Bulgarian: леща (bg) f (lešta) Catalan: llentilla (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) (biǎndòu), 小扁豆 (zh) (xiǎobiǎndòu) Coptic: ⲁⲣϣⲓⲛ pl (aršin) Czech: čočka jedlá f Danish: linse (da) c Dutch: linze (nl) f, linzenplant f Esperanto: lento (eo) Finnish: kylvövirvilä, linssi (fi) French: lentille (fr) Friulian: lint f Galician: lentella (gl) f Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi) German: Linse (de) f Greek: φακή (el) f (fakí) Ancient: φακός m (phakós) Gujarati: મસુર (masur) Hebrew: עֲדָשָׁה (he) f ('adashá) Hindi: मसूर (hi) m (masūr), दाल (hi) f (dāl) Ingrian: cecevitsa Italian: lenticchia (it) Japanese: ヒラマメ (hiramame), 扁豆 (hiramame), レンズマメ (renzumame) Korean: 렌즈콩 (renjeukong) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: نیسک (nîsk) Laki: نوژی (nujî) Northern Kurdish: nîsk (ku) Southern Kurdish: نِژی (nijî) Kyrgyz: жасмык (ky) (jasmık) Latin: lens f Macedonian: леќа f (leḱa) Marathi: मसूर (masūr) Mazanderani: مرجی (marji) Norwegian: Bokmål: linse m or f Nynorsk: linse f Old East Slavic: сочевица f (sočevica) Old English: lent f Ottoman Turkish: مردمك (merdümek) Persian: مرجومک (marjumak), مرجو (fa) (marju), عدس (fa) ('adas) Polish: soczewica jadalna f Portuguese: lentilha (pt) Romanian: linte (ro) Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f (čečevíca) Santali: ᱢᱤᱥᱨᱤ ᱫᱟᱹᱞ (misri dăl) Serbo-Croatian: leća (sh) f, sočivo (sh) n, сочиво n Sinhalese: මසූර් (masūr) Slovene: leča (sl) f Spanish: lenteja (es) Swedish: lins (sv) c Tagalog: lentehas Tamil: துவரை (ta) (tuvarai) Tigrinya: ዓደስ (ʿadäs) Turkish: mercimek (tr) Ukrainian: сочеви́ця f (sočevýcja), сочови́ця f (sočovýcja) Welsh: corbysen f

seed used as food

Arabic: عَدَس (ar) m (ʕadas) Egyptian Arabic: عدس m (ʕads) (collective), عدسة f (ʕadsa) (singulative) Aragonese: lentilla Armenian: ոսպ (hy) (osp) Old Armenian: ոսպն (ospn) Asturian: llenteya (ast) f Azerbaijani: mərci, mərcimək Bashkir: яҫмыҡ (yaśmıq) Basque: dilista Bulgarian: леща (bg) (lešta) Burmese: ပဲနီလေး (pai:nile:) Catalan: llentilla (ca), llentia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) (biǎndòu), 小扁豆 (zh) (xiǎobiǎndòu) Chuvash: ясмӑк (jasmăk) Coptic: ⲁⲣϣⲓⲛ pl (aršin) Czech: čočka (cs) f Danish: linse (da) c Dutch: linze (nl) f Esperanto: lento (eo) Finnish: linssi (fi) French: lentille (fr) f Friulian: lint Galician: lentella (gl) f Georgian: ოსპი (osṗi) German: Linse (de) f Greek: φακή (el) f (fakí) Ancient: φακός m (phakós) Hindi: दाल (hi) f (dāl), मसूर (hi) m (masūr) Hungarian: lencse (hu) Icelandic: linsubaun f Ingrian: cecevitsa Italian: lenticchia (it) f Japanese: レンズ豆 (renzumame), ヒラマメ (hiramame) Kannada: ಮಸೂರ ಅವರೆ (masūra avare) Kazakh: жасымық (jasymyq) Korean: 렌즈콩 (renjeukong), 편두 (pyeondu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: nîsk (ku) f Kyrgyz: жасмык (ky) (jasmık) Latin: lens f Ligurian: lentìggia f Lithuanian: lęšis m Low German: Lins f Malay: kacang (ms) Maori: rētini Nahuatl: caxtillan pitzahuac etl Nepali: दाल (ne) (dāl) Norwegian: Bokmål: linse m or f Nynorsk: linse f Occitan: lentilha (oc) Old English: lent f Ottoman Turkish: مردمك (merdümek) Persian: عدس (fa) ('adas), مرجو (fa) (marju), مرجومک (marjumak) Polish: soczewica (pl) f Portuguese: lentilha (pt) f Romanian: linte (ro) f Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f (čečevíca) Serbo-Croatian: leća f Slovak: šošovica (sk) f Slovene: leča (sl) f Spanish: lenteja (es) f Swedish: lins (sv) c Tagalog: lentehas Tamil: மைசூர்ப் பருப்பு (maicūrp paruppu) Tatar: yasmıq Thai: ถั่ว (th) (tùua) Tigrinya: ዓደስ (ʿadäs) Turkish: mercimek (tr), yasmık (tr) Ukrainian: сочеви́ця f (sočevýcja) Uyghur: يېسمۇق (yësmuq) Uzbek: yasmiq (uz) Venetian: lente f, lenta f, lent f Vietnamese: đậu lăng Welsh: corbysen f Yiddish: לינדז f (lindz)

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Albanian: (please verify) thjerë m Hindi: (please verify) दाल (hi) f (dāl) Latin: (please verify) lens Maltese: (please verify) għads Neapolitan: nemmiccola f, lenticchia f, (please verify) lemmìccula f Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) leća (sh), (please verify) sočivica (sh) Slovak: (please verify) šošovica (sk) f

See also

• split pea

Anagrams

• Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'

Middle English

Noun

lentil

1. Alternative form of lentile