leek
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The meaning (definition) of the word leek
a long white and green vegetable like a fat onion
The word leek used in a sentence
“Mom chopped the leek into small pieces for soup.”
The plural of the word leek
leeks
How the word leek is said around the world
| French | poireau (pwahroh) |
| Spanish | Puerro (pwayroh) |
| Mandarin | 韭葱 (jiǔ cōng) |
| Hindi | हरा प्याज (hurah pyahgy) |
| Arabic | كراث (kahrrahth) |
| Russian | лук-порей (luk-porei) |
| Portuguese (EU) | alho-poró (ahlyuupooraw) |
| Portuguese (BR) | alho-poró (ahlyuupohraw) |
| Japanese | リーキ (riiki) |
| German | Lauch (lowkh) |
| Urdu | جونک (gyohnuhk) |
| Punjabi | ਹਰਾ ਪਿਆਜ਼ (hurah piahz) |
| Korean | 부추 (bucu) |
| Hebrew | כרישה (khreesh) |
| Greek | πράσο (praso) |
| Dutch | prei (prei) |
| Tagalog | sibuyas (seebooyahs) |
| Vietnamese | tỏi tây (tawy tuhi) |
| Turkish | pırasa (purahsah) |
| Persian | تره فرنگی (tahray fahrahngee) |
| Polish | por (pawr) |
| Ukrainian | цибуля-порей (tsybulya-porey) |
| Bengali | লিক (leek) |
| Swedish | purjolök (puryoolerk) |
| Italian | Porro (pawrroh) |
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