lentil

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English

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lentil

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): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Hyphenation: len‧til

Noun

lentil (plural lentils)

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

a lentil salad

Derived terms

Related terms

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)
Venetan: lente f, lenta f, lent f
Vietnamese: đậu lăng
Welsh: corbysen f
Yiddish: לינדז f (lindz)

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

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

Anagrams

Lintel, lintel, tellin, tellin'

Middle English

Noun

lentil

Alternative form of lentile