leek

leek meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

Examples of leek in a sentence

• Ethyl tetrazone is a colourless liquid with an odour of leeks.
• The grilled leeks are then drizzled with a gorgeous, ruby-red pomegranate vinaigrette.
• Leeks are sometimes sautéed in dark, abbey-style beers, especially as an ingredient in the flamiche.

All 19 example sentences with leek

Synonyms of leek

• broadleaf wild leek
• the Cambrian symbol
• garden leek
• scallion

Forms of leek

Plural of leek: leeks

Origin of leek

From Middle English leek, leeke, lek, leke, leyke, from Old English lēac, lēc (“allium; garlic or leek”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (“leek”), from *leukaną, *lūkaną (“to close, shut”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German Làuich (“leek”), Dutch look (“leek”), Plautdietsch Luak (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek”), Danish løg (“onion”), Faroese leykur (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“garlic, leek, onion”), Norwegian Bokmål løk (“onion”), Norwegian Nynorsk lauk, løk (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian лук (luk, “onion”), Polabian lauk (“garlic”), Serbo-Croatian лу̏к, lȕk (“onion; garlic”), Estonian lauk (“allium”), Finnish and Ingrian laukka (“onion”), Livonian lōka (“onion”), Livvi laukku (“onion”), Ludian lauk (“leek; onion”); also Gaulish lunget (“to load”), Irish fulaing (“to bear; to support; to sustain; to mountain”), Scottish Gaelic fuiling, fulaing (“to suffer; to stand; to allow; to bear”), Welsh gollwng (“to drop, release; to leak; to dissolve”), Latin luxus (“dislocated”), Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos, “chaste tree; flexible twig, withe”), Albanian vlug (“peak”)...

Perhaps of pre-Anglo-Saxon (non-Old English) origin and instead from Celtic; compare Welsh llech and Irish leac (“stone”), both from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā. Recorded as Lec in 1086 (DB).

Words formed from leek

• Asian leek
• broadleaf wild leek
• eat the leek
• garden leek
• green leek
• green leek parrot
• houseleek
• leek-green
• leekish
• leeklike
• leek moth
• leek orchid
• leek rust
• leeky
• lily leek
• meadow leek
• narrowleaf wild leek
• native leek
• Persian leek
• rose leek
• sand leek
• swallow the leek
• threecorner leek
• wild leek

Related words

• garlic
• leak
• Thrips tabaci

Phrases with leek

• leek moths
• ate the leek
• eats the leek
• eaten the leek
• eating the leek
• swallows the leek
• green leek parrots
• swallowed the leek
• swallowing the leek

Words that rhyme with leek

• weak
• beak
• dreich
• speak
• streak
• peak
• freak
• cheek
• greek
• oblique
• sneak
• antique

Questions about leek

What does leek mean?

Leek means a vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

What is leek in Hindi?

Leek in Hindi is गंदना (gandnā). See Leek meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is leek?

Leek can be a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce leek?

Leek is pronounced /liːk/.

What is the plural of leek?

The plural of leek is leeks.