vanilla

CEFRA2

/vəˈnɪl.ə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sweet flavor from a tropical plant, or the plant itself.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.

Examples

  • I like vanilla ice cream very much.

  • The only flavor ice cream that Tom eats is vanilla.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.

  2. Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.

  3. The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.

More examples

In context

  • Two vanilla ice creams, please.

  • vanilla JavaScript

  • A mass of folders and binders. One, vanilla in colour, catches her eye.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.