vegetarian

== English == === Etymology === From vegetable +‎ -arian; popularized following the foundation of the British Vegetarian Society in 1847. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/ (General American) IPA(key): /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən Hyphenation: veg‧et‧a‧ri‧an === Noun === vegetarian (plural vegetarians) A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839] 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xv[1]: I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them. One of these, Howard Williams' The Ethics of Diet, was a 'biographical history of the literature of humane dietetics from the earliest period to the present day'. It tried to make out, that all philosophers and prophets from Pythagoras and Jesus down to those of the present age were vegetarians. An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore. Synonym: herbivore (standard term) ==== Alternative forms ==== Vegetarian (obsolete) ==== Hyponyms ==== (person who does not eat animals): vegan; lactovegetarian, lactarian; ovovegetarian, eggetarian; lacto-ovo-vegetarian, lactoovovegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarian ==== Coordinate terms ==== (animal that also eats meat): omnivore (animal that only eats meat): carnivore (person that only eats meat): meatarian, meatatarian ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === vegetarian (comparative more vegetarian, superlative most vegetarian) Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses). [from 1849] Synonym: Pythagorean Without meat. Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat. Synonym: plant-based That does not eat meat. Antonym: nonvegetarian ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === fruitarian nutarian pescetarian vagitarian vegan === Further reading === vegetarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === renavigate == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English vegetarian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [vɛ.d͡ʒi.tɛ.ri.jən] Rhymes: -ən Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧ta‧ri‧an === Noun === vegetarian (Jawi spelling ۏيݢيتاريان, plural vegetarian-vegetarian or vegetarian2) A vegetarian. Synonym: pemayur (rare) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === "vegetarian" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French végétarien. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === vegetarian m or n (feminine singular vegetariană, masculine plural vegetarieni, feminine/neuter plural vegetariene) vegetarian ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English vegetarian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /veɡetariˈan/ === Noun === vegetarian c A vegetarian. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== vegetarianism vegetarisk === References === “vegetarian”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “vegetarian”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “vegetarian”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === negativare