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Webster 1913 Edition


Leek

Leek

(lēk)
,
Noun.
[AS.
leác
; akin to D.
look
, G.
lauch
, OHG.
louh
, Icel.
laukr
, Sw.
lök
, Dan
lög
. Cf.
Garlic
.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus
Allium
(
Allium Porrum
), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.
Wild leek
,
in America, a plant (
Allium tricoccum
) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves.

Webster 1828 Edition


Leek

LEEK

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Allium, with a bulbous root. Numb. 11.

Definition 2024


Leek

Leek

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German Low German

Noun

Leek m

  1. (Low Prussian) spawn (eggs laid in the water by aquatic organisms)

leek

leek

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English

The vegetable leek

Noun

leek (plural leeks)

  1. The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
  2. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːk
  • IPA(key): /leːk/

Etymology 1

From Latin lāicus (layman, laic), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, of the people), from λαός (laós, the people).

Noun

leek m (plural leken, diminutive leekje n)

  1. layman, non-clergyman
  2. layman, non-expert, amateur
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Derived terms
  • lekenapostolaat
  • lekenpersoneel
  • lekenrechter
  • lekenstand

Adjective

leek (comparative leker, superlative leekst)

  1. (obsolete) lay, worldly, secular, profane
Inflection
Inflection of leek
uninflected leek
inflected leke
comparative leker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial leek leker het leekst
het leekste
indefinite m./f. sing. leke lekere leekste
n. sing. leek leker leekste
plural leke lekere leekste
definite leke lekere leekste
partitive leeks lekers

Etymology 2

Cognate with laak, Latin lacus, English lake.

Noun

leek ? (plural leken, diminutive leekje n)

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

Etymology 3

Unknown; local dialect in the Dutch region Betuwe.

Noun

leek ? (plural leken, diminutive leekje n)

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

Etymology 4

Verb

leek

  1. singular past indicative of lijken

Verb

leek

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

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Estonian

Noun

leek (genitive leegi, partitive leeki)

  1. blaze, flame, fire

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