Speakur

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spinach

/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
spinach
IPA
/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Thick rough.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: spinach, spinache, espinoche, espinarc, إِسْفَانَاخ, اسپناخ

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/
  • British English: /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

spinaches (plural) spinage (alternative, obsolete) spinnach (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

spinachless spinachlike spinachy spinasterol

Phrases

African spinach Botany Bay spinach buffalo spinach Cape spinach Ceylon spinach Chinese spinach cholesterol spinach climbing spinach (vine spinach

Frequently Paired Words

Popeye

Synonyms

cabbage spinach plant prickly-seeded spinach spinacia oleracea

Questions

How do you pronounce spinach?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/.
What does spinach mean?
A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
Where does spinach come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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