radijs
See also: rādijs
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch radijs (“radish”), from Middle French radis, from Italian radice, from Latin rādīx (“root; radish”), from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Doublet of radix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raːˈdɛi̯s/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ra‧dijs
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯s
Noun
radijs m (plural radijzen, diminutive radijsje n)
- radish plant (Raphanus sativus)
- The root vegetable harvested from Raphanus sativus.
Derived terms
- radijszaad
- wilde radijs
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: radijs
- Negerhollands: radies
- → German: Radies
- ⇒ German: Radieschen (diminutive)
- → Papiamentu: radijs (dated)
Further reading
- radijs on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl