cress

English

Cress

Etymology

Old English cressa, from West Proto-Germanic *krasjon-, from Proto-Indo-European *gras-. Cognates include Sanskrit ग्रसति (grasati), Dutch kers, German Kresse.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹɛs/
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

cress (countable and uncountable, plural cresses)

(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

Derived terms

terms derived from cress (noun)

Translations

a plant

Arabic: حُرْف‎ (ar) m (ḥurf), رَشَاد‎ m pl (rašād)
Armenian: կոտեմ (hy) (kotem)
Middle Armenian: կոտեմ (kotem)
Bulgarian: кресон (kreson)
Esperanto: kreso
Finnish: krassi (fi)
French: cresson (fr) m
Galician: berro m
Georgian: წიწმატი (c̣ic̣maṭi)
German: Kresse (de) f
Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n (kárdamo)
Hungarian: zsázsa (hu)

Icelandic: karsi (is) m, krassi m
Italian: crescione m
Maori: kirihi
Polish: rzeżucha (pl) f
Portuguese: agrião (pt) m
Russian: кресс (ru) m (kress), кресс-сала́т (ru) m (kress-salát)
Spanish: mastuerzo (es), berro (es), nasturcio m
Swedish: krasse (sv)
Thai: เทียนแดง (th) (tian-daeng)
Turkish: tere (tr)
Vietnamese: cải xoong
Welsh: berwr

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