spinach
/ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/
spinach noun: a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
Noun
spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches)
- A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
- Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2025
- Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.
- Thick rough.
- That shot left me in the spinach!
- Synonyms:
- cabbage
spinach meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
spinach in Hindi
- a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea
- पालक pālak
spinach in Tamil
- பசளிக் கீரை
spinach in Marathi
- a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea
- पालक pālak
spinach in Urdu
- spinach
- پالک pālak
More languagesFewer languages
- spinach in Bengali
- পালং paloṅ, শাক śak
- spinach in Telugu
- బచ్చలికూర, పాలకూర
- spinach in Malayalam
- ചീര cīra
- spinach in Kannada
- ಪಾಲಕ್ pālak
- spinach in Punjabi
- ਪਾਲਕ pālak
- spinach in Gujarati
- પાલક pālak
- spinach in Odia
- ପାଳଙ୍ଗ pāḷaṅga
- spinach in Assamese
- পালেং শাক palêng xak, পালেং palêng
- spinach in Nepali
- पालुङ्गो pāluṅgo
- spinach in Tagalog
- espinaka
- spinach in Arabic
- سَبَانِخ sabāniḵ, إِسْفَانَاخ ʔisfānāḵ
- spinach in Malay
- bayam
- spinach in Indonesian
- bayam
- spinach in Persian
- اسفناج esfenâj
- spinach in Thai
- ปวยเล้ง bpuai-léng
- spinach in Vietnamese
- rau bina, rau chân vịt, cải bó xôi
Examples of spinach in a sentence
- I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.
- The spinach was mixed with paneer to make a satisfying meal.
- If you aren't sure, just go with the spinach dip and you'll be safe every time.
Synonyms of spinach
Forms of spinach
| plural | spinaches |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | spinage |
| alternative form (obsolete) | spinnach |
Origin of spinach
From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).
Words formed from spinach
- African spinach
- Botany Bay spinach
- buffalo spinach
- Cape spinach
- Ceylon spinach
- Chinese spinach
- cholesterol spinach
- climbing spinach (vine spinach
- creeping spinach
- Cuban spinach
- dark spinach
- Egyptian spinach
- French spinach
- gammon and spinach
- Lincolnshire spinach
- Malabar spinach
- Mollucan spinach
- mountain spinach
- mustard spinach
- Navajo spinach
- New Zealand spinach
- Okinawan spinach
- perpetual spinach
- red spinach
- red vine spinach
- sand and spinach
- sissoo spinach
- spinach beet
- spinach dip
- spinach dock
- spinachless
- spinachlike
- spinach mustard
- spinachy
- spinasterol
- strawberry spinach
- tree spinach
- vine spinach
- water spinach
- wild spinach
Phrases with spinach
Questions about spinach
- What does spinach mean?
- Spinach means a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
- What is spinach in Hindi?
- Spinach in Hindi is पालक (pālak). See Spinach meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spinach?
- Spinach is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spinach?
- Spinach is pronounced /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of spinach?
- The plural of spinach is spinaches.
Words near spinach in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spinach (page history and authors); spinach (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پالک (Urdu) (page history and authors); পালং (Bengali) (page history and authors); spinach (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ചീര (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ପାଳଙ୍ଗ (Odia) (page history and authors); पालुङ्गो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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