radish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: PIE word
 *wréh₂ds
From Middle English radiche, from Old English rǣdiċ, from Proto-West Germanic *rādik, borrowed from Latin rādīcem (“root of a plant; radish”); later influenced by Anglo-Norman radich and Middle French radice, borrowed from Italian radice, from the same Latin source. Doublet of radix.
Inflected forms:
form: radishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: raddish
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Many times they ſow divers ſeeds in a Bed together, as Radiſhes and Carrots, that by ſuch time as the Carrots come up, the Radiſhes may be gone. Upon beds newly ſet with Licorice they ſow Onions or Radiſh, or Lettice if their Licorice plants or ground be but weak, ſo as not quickly to cauſe a ſhadow with their leaves.
The newly-introduced radish, which has attracted the attention of horticulturists so much of late, is certainly a novelty, inasmuch as the edible portion of the plant is the seed-vessel, and not the root. The common radish, in its numerous varieties, in such an exceedingly popular salad-plant, that we are scarcely prepared to look to this genus for new economic products or floral novelties. When we consider the many varieties of radish known to this country, from the long and tapering red-root to the white turnip-radish, we might, in some measure, be prepared for a wider development of nature's laws in tropical countries.
Although hardly coming under my theme, I cannot omit this: "Against a woman's chatter: Taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee."
gloss: The root of this plant used as food. Some varieties are pungent and usually eaten raw in salads, etc., while others have a milder taste and are cooked.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Fat people ſhould not eat freely of oily, nouriſhing diet. They ought frequently to eat radiſh, garlic, ſpices, or ſuch things as are heating, and promote perſpiration and urine.
The flavors of radicchio and radish are delicious with only a touch of balsamic vinegar for a dressing.
Purple shoots had grown up from the wheat seeds sown in the furrows. He fell to his knees and dug up a radish. There was a sound like a bubble popping as the thin roots parted from the earth.
gloss: Some other root plant of genus Raphanus or family Brassicaceae.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-compounds
uncountable
examples: rat-tail radish (Raphanus caudatus); wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
The Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum), is Edward's trophy, brought from a piece of waste ground near Hawkhurst, in Kent. The petals are white or pale lilac, veined distinctly with a deeper shade. The Sea Radish (R. maritimus,[…]), is primrose-coloured, also veined. Fanny brought it from the beautiful cliffs near Lizard Point.
Radishes were something new for me. The first time I tried growing for seed, I was surprised by the shape of the pods; they looked like hot peppers. Being the curious type I nibbled on a few pods and found they were delicious when still in the immature stage. I thought I had discovered something novel when, lo and behold, I found out that radishes grown in India just for their pods—a variety called Rat-Tail radish—for many years.
Related words: daikon
mooli
Derived words: beauty heart radish
beet radish
black radish
Chinese green radish
Chinese radish
Chinese white radish
common radish
daikon radish
European radish
fodder radish
forage radish
giant white radish
horseradish
horse-radish
icicle radish
Japanese radish
Korean radish
long white radish
oil radish
oilseed radish
oriental radish
Oriental radish
radish cake
radishless
radishlike
radish ripper
radishy
rat-tail radish
rattail radish
Ravensthorpe radish
red meat radish
roseheart radish
Sakurajima radish
serpent radish
shinrimei radish
tail-pod radish
tillage radish
watermelon radish
white radish
wild radish
winter radish
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: radijs
lang: Albanian
word: rrapë
lang: Southern Altai
word: ачу чалкан
roman: aču čalkan
lang: Amharic
word: ፍጅል
roman: fəǧl
lang: Arabic
word: فُجْل
roman: fujl
lang: Arabic
word: فجل
roman: figl
lang: Arabic
word: فجلة
roman: figla
lang: Arabic
word: فِجِل
roman: fijil
lang: Arabic
word: فِجِل
roman: fíjel
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܦܘܼܓ݂ܠܵܐ
roman: puḡlā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܦܘܓ݂ܠܐ
roman: puḡlā
lang: Armenian
word: բողկ
roman: boġk
lang: Assamese
word: মূলা
roman: mula
lang: Asturian
word: rábanu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: turp
lang: Basque
word: errefautxo
lang: Belarusian
word: рады́ска
roman: radýska
lang: Belarusian
word: рэ́дзька
roman: rédzʹka
lang: Bengali
word: মূলা
roman: mula
lang: Bhojpuri
word: मूली
roman: mūlī
lang: Bulgarian
word: ре́пичка
roman: répička
lang: Catalan
word: ravenera
lang: Cebuano
word: labanos
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 蘿蔔 /萝卜
roman: lo⁴ baak⁶
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 蘿蔔 /萝卜
roman: lò-phe̍t
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 蘿蔔仔 /萝卜仔
roman: lò-phe̍t-é
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 菜頭 /菜头
roman: choi-thèu
lang: Chinese
word: 菜頭 /菜头
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 蘿蔔 /萝卜
roman: lô-po̍k
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蘿蔔 /萝卜
roman: luóbo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 菜頭 /菜头
roman: càitóu
lang: Chuvash
word: кӑшман
roman: kăšman
lang: Czech
word: ředkvička
lang: Czech
word: ředkev
lang: Czech
word: ředkev setá
lang: Danish
word: ræddike
lang: Dutch
word: radijs
lang: Erzya
word: кшумань
roman: kšumań
lang: Esperanto
word: rafano
lang: Estonian
word: redis
lang: Finnish
word: retiisi
lang: French
word: radis
lang: Gagauz
word: trup
lang: Galician
word: ravo
lang: Galician
word: samargo
lang: Galician
word: saramago
lang: Galician
word: xaramago
lang: Galician
word: senradela
lang: Georgian
word: ბოლოკი
roman: boloḳi
lang: German
word: Radieschen
lang: German
word: Rettich
lang: Greek
word: ραπάνι
roman: rapáni
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥαφανίς
roman: rhaphanís
lang: Gujarati
word: મૂળો
roman: mūḷo
lang: Hebrew
word: צְנוֹן
roman: tsnon
lang: Hindi
word: मूली
roman: mūlī
lang: Hungarian
word: retek
lang: Icelandic
word: radísa
lang: Indonesian
word: lobak
lang: Ingrian
word: rediska
lang: Irish
word: raidis
lang: Italian
word: ravanello
lang: Japanese
word: 大根
lang: Japanese
word: ラディッシュ
roman: radisshu
lang: Javanese
word: lobak
lang: Kannada
word: ಮೂಲಂಗಿ
roman: mūlaṅgi
lang: Kapampangan
word: labanus
lang: Karelian
word: retiisi
lang: Kazakh
word: шомыр
roman: şomyr
lang: Kazakh
word: шалғам
roman: şalğam
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: кушман
roman: kušman
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: кушман
roman: kušman
lang: Korean
word: 무
roman: mu
lang: Central Kurdish
word: توور
roman: tûr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: tivir
lang: Kyrgyz
word: турп
roman: turp
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чамгыр
roman: camgır
lang: Kyrgyz
word: шалгам
roman: şalgam
lang: Latin
word: raphanum
lang: Latvian
word: redīss
lang: Lithuanian
word: ridikas
lang: Macedonian
word: ротква
roman: rotkva
lang: Macedonian
word: ’рдоква
roman: ’rdokva
lang: Malay
word: lobak cina
lang: Malay
word: lobak putih
lang: Malay
word: rades
lang: Malayalam
word: മുള്ളങ്കി
roman: muḷḷaṅki
lang: Maltese
word: ravanell
lang: Manchu
word: ᠮᡠᡵᠰᠠ
roman: mursa
lang: Māori
word: rātihi
lang: Māori
word: u(w)hikura
lang: Marathi
word: मुळा
roman: muḷā
lang: Eastern Mari
word: ушмен
roman: ušmen
lang: Western Mari
word: качы ушман
roman: kačy ušman
lang: Navajo
word: akétłʼóól łichxííʼí yázhí
lang: Norman
word: radiche
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: reddik
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: reddik
lang: Old English
word: rǣdiċ
lang: Ossetian
word: булкъ
roman: bulk’
lang: Persian
word: ترب
roman: torob
lang: Polish
word: rzodkiewka
lang: Portuguese
word: rabanete
lang: Quechua
word: rawanu
lang: Romanian
word: ridiche
lang: Russian
word: реди́с
roman: redís
lang: Russian
word: реди́ска
roman: redíska
lang: Russian
word: ре́дька
roman: rédʹka
lang: Salar
word: turma
lang: Scots
word: reefort
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ро̏тква
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ро̏тквица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rȍtkva
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rȍtkvica
lang: Slovak
word: reďkev
lang: Slovak
word: reďkovka
lang: Slovene
word: redkev
lang: Spanish
word: rábano
lang: Swahili
word: figili
lang: Swedish
word: rättika
lang: Swedish
word: rädisa
lang: Tagalog
word: labanos
lang: Tamil
word: முள்ளங்கி
roman: muḷḷaṅki
lang: Tangut
word: 𘐣𗪸
lang: Tatar
word: торма
roman: torma
lang: Telugu
word: ముల్లంగి
roman: mullaṅgi
lang: Thai
word: ไชเท้า
roman: chai-táao
lang: Turkish
word: turp
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: طورپ
roman: turp
lang: Udmurt
word: кушман
roman: kušman
lang: Ukrainian
word: реди́ска
roman: redýska
lang: Ukrainian
word: реди́с
roman: redýs
lang: Ukrainian
word: ре́дька
roman: rédʹka
lang: Vietnamese
word: củ cải
lang: Volapük
word: räf
lang: Welsh
word: rhuddygl
lang: Yiddish
word: רעטעך
roman: retekh