Definition of 'leek'
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leek in British English
noun
1. Also called: scallion
an
alliaceous plant,
Allium porrum, with a
slender
white
bulb,
cylindrical
stem, and
broad
flat
overlapping
leaves: used in
cooking
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Word origin
Old English lēac; related to Old Norse laukr, Old High German louhWord Frequency
leek in American English
noun
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Word origin
ME lek < OE leac, akin to Ger lauch < ? IE base *leug-, to bend > L luxus, excess: so named ? from its outward-bent leaves
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leek
British English: leek
/liːk/ NOUN
Leeks are long green and white vegetables which smell like onions.
- American English: leek
- Arabic: كُرَّاثٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: alho-poró
- Chinese: 韭葱
- Croatian: poriluk
- Czech: pórek
- Danish: porre
- Dutch: prei
- European Spanish: puerro
- Finnish: purjo
- French: poireau
- German: Lauch
- Greek: πράσο
- Italian: porro
- Japanese: ネギ
- Korean: 리크
- Norwegian: purre
- Polish: por
- European Portuguese: alho francês
- Romanian: praz
- Russian: лук-порей
- Latin American Spanish: puerro
- Swedish: purjolök
- Thai: ต้นหอม
- Turkish: pırasa
- Ukrainian: цибуля-порей
- Vietnamese: tỏi tây
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