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Leek Definition

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-Germanic *laukan (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *leug- (“to bend”). Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.

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Noun

leek (plural leeks)

  1. The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum variety porrum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion -like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin lāicus (“layman, laic”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laikos, “of the people”), from λαός (laos, “the people”).

Noun

leek m. (plural leken, diminutive leekje)

  1. layman, non-clergyman
  2. layman, non-expert, amateur
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Adjective

leek (comparative leker, superlative leekst)

  1. (obsolete) lay, worldly, secular, profane
Declension
Declension of leek
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial leek leker
neuter singular indefinite leek leker
definite leke lekere leekste het leekst(e)
common singular leke lekere leekste de leekste
plural leke lekere leekste de leekste
partitive leeks lekers

Etymology 2

Verb

leek

  1. singular past indicative of lijken.

Etymology 3

Germanic, cognate with lek, lekken and English (to/a) leak.

Verb

leek

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leken.
  2. imperative of leken.

Noun

leek m. (plural leken, diminutive leekje)

  1. leak(ing)
  2. drop
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Etymology 4

Cognate with laak, Latin lacus, English lake.

Noun

leek ? (plural leken, diminutive leekje)

  1. small body of water, like a pool; gave rise to place names

Etymology 5

Unknown; local dialect in the Dutch region Betuwe.

Noun

leek ? (plural leken, diminutive leekje)

  1. (botany) the plant Rumex crispus
  2. (by extension) related plants of that genus: sorrel, dock
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Estonian

Noun

leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki)

  1. blaze, flame, fire

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The leek, Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.), also sometimes known as Allium porrum, is a vegetable which belongs, along with the onion and garlic, to family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae. Two related vegetables, the elephant garlic and kurrat, are also variant subspecies of Allium ampeloprasum, although different in their uses as food.
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