"gherkin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɝkɪn/ [General-American], /ˈɡɜːkɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-gherkin.ogg Forms: gherkins [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪn Etymology: From a form of Dutch gurk, an archaic variant of augurk (“small pickled cucumber”), from Low German, from Middle Low German agurke, augurke, probably via Slavic (compare Polish ogórek), from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “cucumber”). The underlying Dutch form may be a diminutive (gurkijn) or perhaps more probably the plural (gurken), which was then associated with the English suffix -kin (itself incidentally from Dutch or Low German). Compare German Gurke. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|gurk}} Dutch gurk, {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{der|en|gml|agurke}} Middle Low German agurke, {{der|en|sla|-}} Slavic, {{cog|pl|ogórek}} Polish ogórek, {{der|en|gkm|ἀγγούριον||cucumber}} Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “cucumber”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gherkin (plural gherkins)
  1. A small cucumber, often pickled whole. Translations (small cucumber): корнишо́н (kornišón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cogombret [masculine] (Catalan), 小黃瓜 (Chinese Mandarin), 小黄瓜 (xiǎohuángguā) (Chinese Mandarin), asie [common-gender] (Danish), augurk [masculine] (Dutch), cocktailkurkku (Finnish), pikkelsikurkku (Finnish), cornichon [masculine] (French), cogombro novo [masculine] (Galician), კორნიშონი (ḳornišoni) (Georgian), ნეკა კიტრი (neḳa ḳiṭri) (Georgian), Salzgurke (english: pickle) [feminine] (German), Gewürzgurke (english: pickle) [feminine] (German), Gürkchen (english: small cucumber) [neuter] (German), αγγουράκι (angouráki) [neuter] (Greek), csemegeuborka (Hungarian), smágúrka [feminine] (Icelandic), cetriolino [masculine] (Italian), ガーキン (gākin) (Japanese), корнишо́н (kornišón) [masculine] (Macedonian), кисела краставичка (kisela krastavička) [feminine] (Macedonian), ħjara żgħira [feminine] (Maltese), kamoriki (Maori), cornichon [masculine] (Norman), korniszon [masculine] (Polish), ogórek konserwowy [masculine] (Polish), pepino em conserva [masculine] (Portuguese), cornișon [masculine] (Romanian), корнишо́н (kornišón) [masculine] (Russian), огу́рчик (ogúrčik) [masculine] (Russian), kumarica [feminine] (Slovene), pepinillo (Spanish), ättiksgurka [common-gender] (Swedish), liten inläggningsgurka [common-gender] (Swedish), saltgurka [common-gender] (Swedish), kornişon (Turkish), корнішо́н (kornišón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gercyn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-gherkin-en-noun-E~jgu~zy Disambiguation of 'small cucumber': 71 27 2 0
  2. (UK, Ireland) Pickled cucumber regardless of size; a pickle Tags: Ireland, UK
    Sense id: en-gherkin-en-noun-LFXWoYj6 Categories (other): British English, Irish English
  3. Informal nickname for the well-known tall office building situated 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3 ("The Gherkin"). Categories (topical): Genitalia Categories (lifeform): Gourd family plants, Vegetables
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  4. (slang) The penis. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gherkin-en-noun-JrEPyTmp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gerkin [archaic] Derived forms: burr gherkin, jerkin the gherkin, jerk the gherkin, sea gherkin, West Indian gherkin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "small cucumber",
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      "sense": "small cucumber",
      "word": "ガーキン"
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      "word": "корнишо́н"
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      "sense": "small cucumber",
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      "sense": "small cucumber",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small cucumber",
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      "sense": "small cucumber",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ogórek konserwowy"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "small cucumber",
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      "word": "pepino em conserva"
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      "sense": "small cucumber",
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      "sense": "small cucumber",
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