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 (pwah-ROH) |
| Spanish | Puerro (PWAY-roh) |
| Mandarin | 韭葱 (jyoh tsuung) |
| Hindi | हरा प्याज (HU-rah pyahgy) |
| Arabic | كراث (KAHR-rahth) |
| Russian | лук-порей (LOOK-pu-ryay) |
| Portuguese (EU) | alho-francês (AH-lyoo-frahn-SEHSH) |
| Portuguese (BR) | alho-poró (AHL-yuu-poh-raw) |
| Japanese | リーキ (REE-kee) |
| German | Lauch (lowkh) |
| Urdu | گندنا (GAN-da-nah) |
| Punjabi | ਹਰਾ ਪਿਆਜ਼ (HU-rah pi-AHZ) |
| Korean | 서양대파 (SEO-yang-dae-pa) |
| Hebrew | כרישה (khreesh) |
| Greek | πράσο (PRAH-soh) |
| Dutch | prei (prei) |
| Tagalog | leek (leek) |
| Vietnamese | tỏi tây (tawy TUH-i) |
| Turkish | pırasa (PU-rah-sah) |
| Persian | تره فرنگی (tah-ray fah-RAHN-gee) |
| Polish | por (pawr) |
| Ukrainian | цибуля-порей (tsi-BOO-lyah-poh-rey) |
| Bengali | লিক (leek) |
| Swedish | purjolök (PUR-yoo-lerk) |
| Italian | Porro (PAWR-roh) |
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