okra
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).
Inflected forms:
form: okras
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: okry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Southern-US
vernacular
form: occra
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: occro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ochra
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ochre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ochro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ochroe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ockro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ocra
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ocre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ocro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: okero
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: okree
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: okro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: okwa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ookroo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ...as a food easy of digestion may well be admitted likewise the young Ocra an agreeable Food as well for the species as individual, dressed variously according to pleasure...
Select young okra, wash thoroughly, remove the stems, and wipe the okra dry.
Wash and dry okra, remove stems, and slice in one-inch rounds. (If using frozen okra, do not wash.) Heat two tablespoons oil in a heavy saucepan other than black iron. Saute okra in oil and vinegar, stirring often until ropiness is gone.
I hated cooking okra because it was so slimy when you first start.
gloss: The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.
Okra does not do well in tight, waterlogged soils, but will tolerate a soil pH range of from 6.0 to 7.5.
We planted some truck crops like watermelons and okra, which was risky.
Synonyms: bandikai
bhindi
gumbo
ladyfinger
Derived words: African okra
autumnal okra
bun okra
bush okra
Chinese okra
Indian okra
musk okra
Okra mosaic virus
okratini
ornamental okra
West African okra
wild okra
Yorka okra
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: okraconsumptie
lang: Akan
word: nkruma
lang: Albanian
word: bamje
lang: Arabic
word: بَامِيَة
roman: bāmiya
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: ضرابة
roman: darrāba
lang: Chadian Arabic
word: ضراباي
roman: darrābāy
lang: Arabic
word: بمية
roman: bamya
lang: Arabic
word: بامية
roman: bamya
lang: Armenian
word: բամիա
roman: bamia
lang: Assamese
word: ভেন্দি
roman: bhendi
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bamya
lang: Basque
word: okra
lang: Bengali
word: ঢেঁড়স
roman: ḍhẽṛoś
lang: Bole
word: gombira
lang: Bulgarian
word: ба́мя
roman: bámja
lang: Burmese
word: ရုံးပတီ
roman: rum:pa.ti
lang: Catalan
word: ocra
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 秋葵
roman: cau¹ kwai⁴
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 秋葵
roman: qiūkuí
lang: Danish
word: okra
lang: Esperanto
word: gombo
lang: Esperanto
word: gomboplanto
lang: Estonian
word: söödav muskushibisk
lang: Estonian
word: okra
lang: Estonian
word: baamia
lang: Finnish
word: okra
lang: French
word: gombo
lang: Fula
word: la'aaje
lang: Galician
word: quiabo
lang: Georgian
word: ბამი
roman: bami
lang: German
word: Okra
lang: Gourmanchéma
word: mantiigu
lang: Greek
word: μπάμια
roman: bámia
lang: Hausa
word: kuɓḕwā
lang: Hebrew
word: במיה
roman: bamia
lang: Hindi
word: भिंडी
roman: bhiṇḍī
lang: Ido
word: okro
lang: Igbo
word: ọkwọrọ
lang: Irish
word: ocra
lang: Italian
word: gombo
lang: Italian
word: bamia
lang: Japanese
word: オクラ
roman: okura
lang: Japanese
word: アメリカネリ
roman: amerika-neri
lang: Korean
word: 오크라
roman: okeura
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بامێ
roman: bamê
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بامیە
roman: bamye
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bamî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bamiye
lang: Ladino
word: bamyas
lang: Macedonian
word: бамја
roman: bamja
lang: Malay
word: bendi
lang: Malayalam
word: വെണ്ട
roman: veṇṭa
lang: Marathi
word: भेंडी
roman: bheṇḍī
lang: Mon
word: ၜဝ်ကဒါတ်
roman: ḅaw kadāt
lang: Odia
word: ଭେଣ୍ଡି
roman: bheṇḍi
lang: Polish
word: róża chińska
lang: Polish
word: okra
lang: Polish
word: ketmia piżmowa
lang: Polish
word: piżmian właściwy
lang: Portuguese
word: quiabeiro
lang: Romanian
word: bamă
lang: Russian
word: ба́мия
roman: bámija
lang: Russian
word: го́мбо
roman: gómbo
lang: Russian
word: о́кра
roman: ókra
lang: Russian
word: да́мские па́льчики
roman: dámskije pálʹčiki
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бамија
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bamija
lang: Sinhalese
word: බණ්ඩක්කා
roman: baṇḍakkā
lang: Slovene
word: bamija
lang: Spanish
word: okra
lang: Spanish
word: chaucha turca
lang: Spanish
word: chimbombó
lang: Spanish
word: guingambó
lang: Spanish
word: molondrón
lang: Spanish
word: ñajú
lang: Spanish
word: quimbombó
lang: Spanish
word: quingombó
lang: Swahili
word: bamia
lang: Swahili
word: mbamia
lang: Swedish
word: okra
lang: Tagalog
word: okra
lang: Tamil
word: வெண்டை
roman: veṇṭai
lang: Thai
word: กระเจี๊ยบ
roman: grà-jíiap
lang: Thai
word: กระเจี๊ยบมอญ
roman: grà-jíiap-mɔɔn
lang: Thai
word: กระเจี๊ยบเขียว
lang: Turkish
word: bamya
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بامیه
roman: bamya, bamye
lang: Urdu
word: بھنڈی
roman: bhiṇḍi
lang: Vietnamese
word: mướp tây
lang: Vietnamese
word: đậu bắp
lang: Wolof
word: kànja
lang: Wolof
word: kànje
lang: Yiddish
word: באַמיע
roman: bamye
lang: Yoruba
word: ilá