okra
English
editAlternative forms
edit- okry (Southern US vernacular)
- ochro, ochroe (Caribbean)
- okro
- ochre, ockro, ocra, ocro, occra, occro, ochra, ocre, okero, okwa, ookroo (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀ but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒkɹə/, /ˈəʊkɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊkɹə/
- Rhymes: -əʊkɹə, -ɒkɹə
Noun
editokra (countable and uncountable, plural okras)
- The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
- 1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discourse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica..., pages 59–60:
- ...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...
- 1940, Farmers' Bulletin, number 232, page 7:
- Select young okra, wash thoroughly, remove the stems, and wipe the okra dry.
- 1997, Lisette Verlander et al., The Cookin' Cajun Cooking School Cookbook, page 25:
- 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.
- 2006, Francis N. Wiltz, In the Kitchen with Papa Wiltz, page 1:
- I hated cooking okra because it was so slimy when you first start.
- The flowering mallow plant Abelmoschus esculentus itself, now commonly grown in the tropics and warmer parts of the temperate zones.
- 1707, Hans Sloane, A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados..., volume I, page 222:
- Ocra, this has a round green stem, which rises straight up to ten or twelve foot high.
- 1989, Ib Libner Nonnecke, Vegetable Production, page 610:
- Okra does not do well in tight, waterlogged soils, but will tolerate a soil pH range of from 6.0 to 7.5.
- 2011, Leon Neel et al., The Art of Managing Longleaf: A Personal History of the Stoddard-Neel Approach, page 36:
- We planted some truck crops like watermelons and okra, which was risky.
Synonyms
edit- bandikai (India), bhindi (Indian contexts), gumbo (esp. in stews), ladyfinger
- (edible capsules): ladies' fingers
Hypernyms
edit- (edible capsules): pod vegetable
- (plant): abelmosk, mallow
Derived terms
edit- African okra
- autumnal okra
- bun okra (Urena lobata)
- bush okra (Corchorus olitorius)
- Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)
- Indian okra
- musk okra (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- ornamental okra (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- West African okra (Abelmoschus caillei)
- wild okra
- Yorka okra (Abelmoschus moschatus)
- Okra mosaic virus
Translations
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References
edit- Abelmoschus esculentus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “okra, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Anagrams
editAsi
editNoun
editokra
Bikol Central
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Noun
editokra
Cebuano
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: ok‧ra
Noun
editokra
Anagrams
editChavacano
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English okra, probably from Igbo ọkụrụ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editokra
Dutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editokra m (plural okra's, diminutive [please provide])
Finnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
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From Swedish ockra, from Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra).
Adjective
editokra
- ochre (having a yellow-orange colour)
Declension
editInflection of okra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | okra | okrat | |
genitive | okran | okrien | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | okra | okrat | |
accusative | nom. | okra | okrat |
gen. | okran | ||
genitive | okran | okrien okrain rare | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
inessive | okrassa | okrissa | |
elative | okrasta | okrista | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
adessive | okralla | okrilla | |
ablative | okralta | okrilta | |
allative | okralle | okrille | |
essive | okrana | okrina | |
translative | okraksi | okriksi | |
abessive | okratta | okritta | |
instructive | — | okrin | |
comitative | — | okrine |
Synonyms
editNoun
editokra
Usage notes
editThe pigment is usually called keltamulta when used as pigment for house paints, whereas artists and archaeologists seem to prefer okra.
Declension
editInflection of okra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | okra | okrat | |
genitive | okran | okrien | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | okra | okrat | |
accusative | nom. | okra | okrat |
gen. | okran | ||
genitive | okran | okrien okrain rare | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
inessive | okrassa | okrissa | |
elative | okrasta | okrista | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
adessive | okralla | okrilla | |
ablative | okralta | okrilta | |
allative | okralle | okrille | |
essive | okrana | okrina | |
translative | okraksi | okriksi | |
abessive | okratta | okritta | |
instructive | — | okrin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
edit- (pigment): keltamulta
- (color): okrankeltainen, okranväri, okraväri
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “1. okra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
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From English okra, from some West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀.
Noun
editokra
Declension
editInflection of okra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | okra | okrat | |
genitive | okran | okrien | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | okra | okrat | |
accusative | nom. | okra | okrat |
gen. | okran | ||
genitive | okran | okrien okrain rare | |
partitive | okraa | okria | |
inessive | okrassa | okrissa | |
elative | okrasta | okrista | |
illative | okraan | okriin | |
adessive | okralla | okrilla | |
ablative | okralta | okrilta | |
allative | okralle | okrille | |
essive | okrana | okrina | |
translative | okraksi | okriksi | |
abessive | okratta | okritta | |
instructive | — | okrin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
edit- “2. okra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
editHiligaynon
editNoun
editokra
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editokra
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editVerb
editokra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative okraði, supine okrað)
- (intransitive) to practice usury
Declension
editinfinitive (nafnháttur) |
að okra | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
okrað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
okrandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég okra | við okrum | present (nútíð) |
ég okri | við okrum |
þú okrar | þið okrið | þú okrir | þið okrið | ||
hann, hún, það okrar | þeir, þær, þau okra | hann, hún, það okri | þeir, þær, þau okri | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég okraði | við okruðum | past (þátíð) |
ég okraði | við okruðum |
þú okraðir | þið okruðuð | þú okraðir | þið okruðuð | ||
hann, hún, það okraði | þeir, þær, þau okruðu | hann, hún, það okraði | þeir, þær, þau okruðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
okra (þú) | okrið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
okraðu | okriði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Anagrams
editPolish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editokra f
- okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
- Synonym: piżmian jadalny
- okra (edible capsules of Abelmoschus esculentus)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- okra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
editNoun
editokra f (plural okras)
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔokɾa/ [ˈʔok.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -okɾa
- Syllabification: ok‧ra
Noun
editokra (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜃ᜔ᜇ)
Derived terms
editAnagrams
edit- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English terms derived from Igbo
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊkɹə
- Rhymes:English/əʊkɹə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɒkɹə
- Rhymes:English/ɒkɹə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Mallow subfamily plants
- en:Vegetables
- Asi lemmas
- Asi nouns
- Bikol Central terms borrowed from English
- Bikol Central terms derived from English
- Bikol Central terms derived from Igbo
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Igbo
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Mallow subfamily plants
- ceb:Vegetables
- Chavacano terms borrowed from English
- Chavacano terms derived from English
- Chavacano terms derived from Igbo
- Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chavacano lemmas
- Chavacano nouns
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Mallow subfamily plants
- nl:Vegetables
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/okrɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/okrɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish terms derived from Igbo
- fi:Colors
- fi:Plants
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian noun forms
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːkra
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːkra/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔkra
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔkra/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Mallow subfamily plants
- pl:Vegetables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/okɾa
- Rhymes:Tagalog/okɾa/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script