Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.3.1 Derived terms
- 1.3.2 Translations
- 1.4 See also
- 1.5 Anagrams
English
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Etymology
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From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old French laitues, derived from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Replaced Old English lēahtric.
(money): Likely from the green color of US banknotes.
Pronunciation
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛtɪs/, /ˈlɛtəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈlɛɾɪs], [ˈlɛɾəs]
Audio (US): (file) - hom*ophone: Lettice
- Rhymes: -ɛtɪs
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈlɛtus/
Noun
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lettuce (countable and uncountable, plural lettuces)
- An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
- Synonym: sleepwort
- (uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.
I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato.
- (uncountable, US, slang) United States paper currency; dollars.
1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 26:
To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves.
- Synonyms: cabbage, greenbacks
Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce!
- A strong yellow-green colour, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green).
lettuce:
- (uncountable, slang) weed or marijuana
- (uncountable, slang) long hair, as worn by an exemplar of bro culture
- asparagus lettuce
- Bibb lettuce
- bibb lettuce
- Boston lettuce
- butterhead lettuce
- cabbage lettuce
- celtuce
- cos lettuce
- devil's lettuce
- hare's lettuce
- iceberg lettuce
- lamb's lettuce
- lettuce-bird
- lettuce keeper
- lettuce leaf
- lettuceless
- lettucelike
- lettuce opium
- lettucey
- miner's lettuce
- nut lettuce
- prickly lettuce
- purple lettuce
- romaine lettuce
- Romaine lettuce
- sand lettuce
- sea lettuce
- slender sea lettuce
- water-lettuce
- water lettuce
- white lettuce
- wild lettuce
Translations
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an edible plant, Lactuca
- Afrikaans: blaarslaai, kropslaai
- Albanian: marule(sq), sallatë(sq)f
- Arabic: خَسّ(ar)m (ḵass)
- Armenian: կաթնուկ(hy) (katʻnuk), հազար(hy) (hazar), սալաթ(hy) (salatʻ), մառոլ(hy) (maṙol)
- Asturian: llechuga(ast)f
- Azerbaijani: salat, kahı(az)
- Basque: uraza
- Belarusian: сала́т-лату́кm (salát-latúk), сала́тm (salát), лату́кm (latúk)
- Bengali: লেটুস (leṭus)
- Bole: letas
- Bulgarian: мару́ля(bg)f (marúlja)
- Burmese: ဆလတ်(my) (hca.lat)
- Catalan: enciam(ca)m, lletuga(ca)f
- Central Sierra Miwok: palá·ṭikin·a-
- Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏍᏓᎩᏍᏗ (agosdagisdi)
- Chinese:
- Coptic: ⲱⲃ (ōb)
- Czech: hlávkový salátm
- Danish: salat(da)
- Dutch: sla(nl), salade(nl), slaplant(nl)m
- Esperanto: laktuko
- Estonian: aedsalat
- Finnish: lehtisalaatti(fi)
- French: laitue(fr)f
- Friulian: latuief
- Galician: leituga(gl)f
- Georgian: სალათა (salata)
- German: (cultivated) Gartensalatm, Salat(de)m; (wild) Lattich(de)m
- Greek: μαρούλι(el)n (maroúli)
- Ancient: θρίδαξf (thrídax)
- Hausa: latas(ha)
- Hawaiian: lekuke
- Hebrew: חַסָּה(he)f (khása)
- Hindi: लेटिष (leṭiṣ), सलाद पत्ता (salād pattā)
- Hungarian: saláta(hu), fejes saláta(hu)
- Icelandic: salat(is)
- Ido: latugo(io)
- Indonesian: selada(id)
- Irish: leitísf
- Italian: lattuga(it)f
- Japanese: レタス(ja) (retasu)
- Jeju: 부루 (buru)
- Kazakh: салат (salat)
- Korean: 상추(ko) (sangchu)
- Kurdish:
- Lao: ຜັກສະລັດ (phak sa lat)
- Latin: lactūca(la)f
- Latvian: salātifpl
- Lithuanian: salotaf
- Low German: Slaadm
- Macedonian: салатаf (salata), марулаf (marula)
- Malay: selada(ms)
- Maltese: ħassaf
- Maori: rētihi
- Nahuatl: quillechuca
- Navajo: chʼil łigaii
- Norman: laituef
- Norwegian: bladsalat
- Occitan: laituga(oc)f, lachuga(oc)f
- Old English: leahtric
- Persian: کاهو(fa) (kâhu)
- Piedmontese: laitùaf
- Polish: sałata(pl)f
- Portuguese: alface(pt)f
- Quechua: piliyuyu
- Romanian: lăptucă(ro)f, salată(ro)
- Russian: сала́т-лату́кm (salát-latúk), сала́т(ru)m (salát), лату́к(ru)m (latúk)
- Sardinian: lattucaf, làtuaf, làtiaf, latucaf
- Scottish Gaelic: leatasm, càl amhm
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: zelena salataf
- Sicilian: lattuca(scn)f
- Slovene: solata(sl)f
- Spanish: lechuga(es)f
- Swahili: saladi(sw)
- Swedish: sallat(sv)c, sallad(sv)c
- Tagalog: letsugas
- Taos: lecùgoʼóne
- Thai: ผักกาดหอม (pàk-gàat-hɔ̌ɔm), ผักสลัด (pàk-sà-làt)
- Tibetan: རྗེན་ཚལ (rjen tshal)
- Turkish: marul(tr)
- Ukrainian: сала́тm (salát), сала́т-лату́кm (salát-latúk)
- Uzbek: karam(uz), salat(uz)
- Venetian: salata(vec)f, sałataf
- Vietnamese: rau diếp(vi)
- Volapük: latüg
- Walloon: salåde(wa)f
- Welsh: letysen(cy), letys(cy)fpl
- Yiddish: שאַלאַטןpl (shalatn), סאַלאַט (salat)
- Zhuang: byaekaengjgwx
the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish
- Albanian: sallatë(sq)f, marule(sq)f
- Arabic: خَسّ(ar)m (ḵass)
- Burmese: ဆလတ်ရွက် (hca.latrwak)
- Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏍᏓᎩᏍᏗ (agosdagisdi)
- Chinese:
- Czech: hlávkový salátm
- Dutch: slaatje(nl)n, salade(nl)
- Esperanto: laktuko
- Finnish: salaatinlehti, salaatti(fi)
- French: salade(fr)f
- Galician: leituga(gl)f
- German: Salat(de)m
- Greek: μαρούλι(el)n (maroúli)
- Ancient: θρῖδαξf (thrîdax)
- Hebrew: חסה(he)f (hasa)
- Hungarian: saláta(hu)
- Ido: latugo(io)
- Japanese: レタス(ja) (retasu)
- Lao: ຈອກ (chǭk)
- Latin: lactūca(la)f
- Lithuanian: salotosfpl
- Maltese: ħassaf
- Maori: rētihi
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: салатны навч (salatny navč)
- Navajo: chʼil łigai
- Persian: کاهو(fa) (kâhu)
- Polish: sałata(pl)f
- Portuguese: alface(pt)f
- Romanian: salată(ro)
- Russian: сала́т(ru)m (salát)
- Scottish Gaelic: leatasm, càl amhm
- Serbo-Croatian: zelena salataf
- Sicilian: nzalata(scn)f
- Slovene: solata(sl)f
- Spanish: lechuga(es)f
- Volapük: salad(vo)
- Yiddish: שאַלאַטןpl (shalatn), סאַלאַט (salat)
US paper currency
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout §Translations.
Translations to be checked
- Arabic: (please verify) خَسّ(ar) (ḵass)
- German: (please verify) Salat(de)m, (please verify) Kopfsalat(de)m
- Italian: (please verify) lattuga(it)f, (please verify) insalata(it)f
- Korean: (please verify) 상치 (sangchi)
- Kurdish:
- Maltese: (please verify) ħassaf
- Mandarin: (please verify) 萵苣/莴苣(zh) (wōjù)
- Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) salata(sh)f
- Swedish: (please verify) sallat(sv)
- Thai: (please verify) ผักกาด(th) (pàk gàat)
See also
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Anagrams
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