"mandrake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mandrake.wav [US] Forms: mandrakes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mandrake, mandroke, an alteration of mandragora with the ending -dragora reinterpreted as related to dragon and replaced with native drake, from Old English mandragora, from Medieval Latin mandragorās. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mandrake}} Middle English mandrake, {{m|enm|mandroke}} mandroke, {{m|enm|mandragora}} mandragora, {{m|en|dragon}} dragon, {{m|en|drake}} drake, {{inh|en|ang|mandragora}} Old English mandragora, {{der|en|ML.|mandragorās}} Medieval Latin mandragorās Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mandrake (countable and uncountable, plural mandrakes)
  1. (mythology) A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mythology Translations (mythology): mandragore [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-mandrake-en-noun-9hftGRj6 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythology': 53 41 3 2
  2. Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fantasy, Mythological creatures Categories (lifeform): Nightshades Translations (botany): μανδραγόρας (mandragóras) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), μώριος (mṓrios) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), يَبْرُوح (yabrūḥ) (Arabic), لُفَّاح (luffāḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), بَيْض الْجِنّ (bayḍ al-jinn) [masculine] (Arabic), تُفَّاح الْمَجَانِين (tuffāḥ al-majānīn) [masculine] (Arabic), مَانْدْرَاكُورَا (māndrākōrā) (Arabic), تُفَّاح الْجِنّ (tuffāḥ al-jinn) [masculine] (Arabic), ܝܲܒܼܪܘܼܚܵܐ (yaḇrūḥā) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), יַבְרוּחָא (yaḇrūḥā) [Hebrew, masculine] (Aramaic), մանրագոր (manragor) (Armenian), mandràgora (Catalan), 風茄 (Chinese Mandarin), 风茄 (fēngjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 曼德拉草 (màndélācǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), pokřín (Czech), pekřín (Czech), alrune (Danish), mandragora (Dutch), mandrake (Finnish), alruuna (Finnish), mandragore [feminine] (French), მანდრაგორა (mandragora) (Georgian), Alraune [feminine] (German), μανδραγόρας (mandragóras) [masculine] (Greek), דּוּדָא (dúda) [masculine] (Hebrew), mandragóra (Hungarian), mandragora (Italian), マンドラゴラ (mandoragora) (Japanese), mandragoras [feminine] (Latin), manitareki (Maori), alruner (Norwegian), شابیزک (šâbizak) (Persian), mandragora [feminine] (Polish), alrauna [feminine, root] (Polish), mandrágora [feminine] (Portuguese), mandragoră [feminine] (Romanian), мандраго́ра (mandragóra) [feminine] (Russian), мандрагора [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), алрауна [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), буновина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), надлишка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mandragora [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alrauna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bunovina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nadliška [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mandragora [feminine] (Slovak), mandrágora [feminine] (Spanish), alruna [common-gender] (Swedish), adam otu (Turkish), мандраго́ра (mandrahóra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ליבעפּעלע (libepele) [neuter] (Yiddish)
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  3. A root of a mandrake plant that resembled human form, especially one kept or used for magic or occult purposes. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mandrake-en-noun-koMwpWgh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 39 18 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 38 17 38
  4. (slang) The drug methaqualone. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Synonyms: mandies [plural]
    Sense id: en-mandrake-en-noun-uHupeXLa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 39 18 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 38 17 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: American mandrake, mandrake apple, mandrake root, mandrake shriek, mandrake wine, wild mandrake Related terms: mandragora

Inflected forms

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