English Explanatory Dictionary

horseradish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root.
  2. A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant.
  3. Nonsense.

Pronunciation

hôrsʹrăd'ĭsh /ˈhɔɹsɹædɪʃ/ /ˈhɔːsɹædɪʃ/ En-us-horseradish.ogg

Word forms

horseradish horseradishes

Etymology

From horse + radish.

Synonyms

horseradish sauce

Related words

mustard wasabi

Derived words

horseradished horseradishlike horseradish tree horseradishy Japanese horseradish

Translations

Armenian: կծվիչ Armenian: ծովաբողկ Basque: errefau min Belarusian: хрэн Bulgarian: хрян Carpathian Rusyn: хрїн Catalan: rave rusticà Catalan: rave picant Chinese Cantonese: 辣根 Chinese Mandarin: 辣根 Chuvash: хӗрен Crimean Tatar: tatran Czech: křen Old Czech: křěn Danish: peberrod Dutch: mierik Esperanto: kreno Finnish: piparjuuri French: raifort Galician: ravo German: Meerrettich German: Kren East Central German: Krên Greek: χρένο Greek: αγριοράπανο Ancient Greek: ἀρμορακία Hebrew: חזרת Hungarian: torma Icelandic: piparrót Italian: rafano Italian: barbaforte Italian: cren Japanese: 西洋山葵 Japanese: ホースラディッシュ Japanese: 山葵大根 Japanese: 山山葵 Kazakh: ақжелкек Korean: 서양고추냉이 Korean: 양고추냉이 Latin: armoracia Lithuanian: kriẽnas Macedonian: рен Norman: radiche à j'vaux Norwegian Bokmål: pepperrot Norwegian Nynorsk: peparrot Old East Slavic: хрѣнъ Polabian: merĕk Polish: chrzan Portuguese: raiz-forte Romanian: hrean
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