"légume" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /le.ɡym/ Audio: Fr-légume.ogg Forms: légumes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin legūmen (cf. older form lesgum); was once feminine and became masculine by the 17th century. Replaced the Old French leün, which was inherited from the same source. Compare Italian and Portuguese legume, Spanish legumbre. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|legūmen}} Borrowed from Latin legūmen, {{cog|fro|leun|leün}} Old French leün, {{cog|it,pt|legume}} Italian and Portuguese legume, {{cog|es|legumbre}} Spanish legumbre Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} légume m (plural légumes)
  1. (cooking) vegetable Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Cooking, People Synonyms: épi [Cajun-French]
    Sense id: en-légume-fr-noun-RxW3NAhd Disambiguation of People: 60 38 0 2 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (figuratively, informal, offensive) vegetable, cabbage (someone in a vegetative state) Tags: figuratively, informal, masculine, offensive
    Sense id: en-légume-fr-noun-MMgtZBqX
  3. (botany, dated) legume; pod Tags: dated, masculine Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms: gousse
    Sense id: en-légume-fr-noun-gKlnn3GL Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (figuratively, informal) couch potato Tags: figuratively, informal, masculine Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-légume-fr-noun-U7Chc5rA Disambiguation of Foods: 32 14 8 46 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 12 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 1 10 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 10 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grosse légume

Inflected forms

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