From Middle English lentile , from Old French lentille from Latin lenticula , diminutive of lēns , from a pre-Indo-European substrate source shared by German Linse , Ancient Greek λάθυρος ( láthuros ) and Lithuanian lęšis . Doublet of lenticula .
lentil (plural lentils )
Any of several plants of the genus Lens , especially Lens culinaris , from southwest Asia , that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods .
The seed of these plants, used as food.
make a lentil stew
a lentil salad
plant Lens culinaris
Albanian: thjerrë (sq) f
Arabic: عَدَس (ar) m ( ʕadas )
Egyptian Arabic: عدس m pl ( ʕads )
Armenian: ոսպ (hy) ( osp )
Old Armenian: ոսպն ( ospn )
Aromanian: linti f , pãpudã f
Bashkir: яҫмыҡ ( yaśmıq )
Belarusian: сачаві́ца f ( sačavíca ) , сачы́ўка f ( sačýŭka ) , сачэ́ўка f ( sačéŭka ) , сачо́ўка f ( sačóŭka )
Bengali: মসুর (bn) ( mośur ) , ডাল (bn) ( ḍal )
Bulgarian: леща (bg) f ( lešta )
Catalan: llentilla (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) ( biǎndòu ) , 小扁豆 (zh) ( xiǎobiǎndòu )
Coptic: ⲁⲣϣⲓⲛ pl ( aršin )
Czech: čočka jedlá f
Danish: linse (da) c
Dutch: linze (nl) f , linzenplant f
Esperanto: lento (eo)
Finnish: kylvövirvilä , linssi (fi)
French: lentille (fr)
Friulian: lint f
Galician: lentella (gl) f
Georgian: ოსპი ( osṗi )
German: Linse (de) f
Greek: φακή (el) f ( fakí )
Ancient: φακός m ( phakós )
Gujarati: મસુર ( masur )
Hebrew: עֲדָשָׁה (he) f ( 'adashá )
Hindi: मसूर (hi) m ( masūr ) , दाल (hi) f ( dāl )
Ingrian: cecevitsa
Italian: lenticchia (it)
Japanese: ヒラマメ ( hiramame ) , 扁豆 ( hiramame ) , レンズマメ ( renzumame )
Korean: 렌즈콩 ( renjeukong )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نیسک ( nîsk )
Laki: نوژی ( nujî )
Northern Kurdish: nîsk (ku)
Southern Kurdish: نِژی ( nijî )
Kyrgyz: жасмык (ky) ( jasmık )
Latin: lens f
Macedonian: леќа f ( leḱa )
Marathi: मसूर ( masūr )
Mazanderani: مرجی ( marji )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: linse m or f
Nynorsk: linse f
Old East Slavic: сочевица f ( sočevica )
Old English: lent f
Ottoman Turkish: مردمك ( merdümek )
Persian: مرجومک ( marjumak ) , مرجو (fa) ( marju ) , عدس (fa) ( 'adas )
Polish: soczewica jadalna f
Portuguese: lentilha (pt)
Romanian: linte (ro)
Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f ( čečevíca )
Santali: ᱢᱤᱥᱨᱤ ᱫᱟᱹᱞ ( misri dăl )
Serbo-Croatian: leća (sh) f , sočivo (sh) n , сочиво n
Sinhalese: මසූර් ( masūr )
Slovene: leča (sl) f
Spanish: lenteja (es)
Swedish: lins (sv) c
Tagalog: lentehas
Tamil: துவரை (ta) ( tuvarai )
Tigrinya: ዓደስ ( ʿadäs )
Turkish: mercimek (tr)
Ukrainian: сочеви́ця f ( sočevýcja ) , сочови́ця f ( sočovýcja )
Welsh: corbysen f
seed used as food
Arabic: عَدَس (ar) m ( ʕadas )
Egyptian Arabic: عدس m ( ʕads ) ( collective ) , عدسة f ( ʕadsa ) ( singulative )
Aragonese: lentilla
Armenian: ոսպ (hy) ( osp )
Old Armenian: ոսպն ( ospn )
Asturian: llenteya (ast) f
Azerbaijani: mərci , mərcimək
Bashkir: яҫмыҡ ( yaśmıq )
Basque: dilista
Bulgarian: леща (bg) ( lešta )
Burmese: ပဲနီလေး ( pai:nile: )
Catalan: llentilla (ca) , llentia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扁豆 (zh) ( biǎndòu ) , 小扁豆 (zh) ( xiǎobiǎndòu )
Chuvash: ясмӑк ( jasmăk )
Coptic: ⲁⲣϣⲓⲛ pl ( aršin )
Czech: čočka (cs) f
Danish: linse (da) c
Dutch: linze (nl) f
Esperanto: lento (eo)
Finnish: linssi (fi)
French: lentille (fr) f
Friulian: lint
Galician: lentella (gl) f
Georgian: ოსპი ( osṗi )
German: Linse (de) f
Greek: φακή (el) f ( fakí )
Ancient: φακός m ( phakós )
Hindi: दाल (hi) f ( dāl ) , मसूर (hi) m ( masūr )
Hungarian: lencse (hu)
Icelandic: linsubaun f
Ingrian: cecevitsa
Italian: lenticchia (it) f
Japanese: レンズ豆 ( renzumame ) , ヒラマメ ( hiramame )
Kannada: ಮಸೂರ ಅವರೆ ( masūra avare )
Kazakh: жасымық ( jasymyq )
Korean: 렌즈콩 ( renjeukong ) , 편두 ( pyeondu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: nîsk (ku) f
Kyrgyz: жасмык (ky) ( jasmık )
Latin: lens f
Ligurian: lentìggia f
Lithuanian: lęšis m
Low German: Lins f
Malay: kacang (ms)
Maori: rētini
Nahuatl: caxtillan pitzahuac etl
Nepali: दाल (ne) ( dāl )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: linse m or f
Nynorsk: linse f
Occitan: lentilha (oc)
Old English: lent f
Ottoman Turkish: مردمك ( merdümek )
Persian: عدس (fa) ( 'adas ) , مرجو (fa) ( marju ) , مرجومک ( marjumak )
Polish: soczewica (pl) f
Portuguese: lentilha (pt) f
Romanian: linte (ro) f
Russian: чечеви́ца (ru) f ( čečevíca )
Serbo-Croatian: leća f
Slovak: šošovica (sk) f
Slovene: leča (sl) f
Spanish: lenteja (es) f
Swedish: lins (sv) c
Tagalog: lentehas
Tamil: மைசூர்ப் பருப்பு ( maicūrp paruppu )
Tatar: yasmıq
Thai: ถั่ว (th) ( tùua )
Tigrinya: ዓደስ ( ʿadäs )
Turkish: mercimek (tr) , yasmık (tr)
Ukrainian: сочеви́ця f ( sočevýcja )
Uyghur: يېسمۇق ( yësmuq )
Uzbek: yasmiq (uz)
Venetan: lente f , lenta f , lent f
Vietnamese: đậu lăng
Welsh: corbysen f
Yiddish: לינדז f ( lindz )
Translations to be checked
lentil
Alternative form of lentile