Pickle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

informal terms for a difficult situation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɪkəl/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɪkəl/

1 syllable Say it as /pˈɪkəl/.

Examples

he got into a terrible fix
he made a muddle of his marriage

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

jam hole mess fix muddle kettle of fish

Parts of Speech

noun	vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
noun	informal terms for a difficult situation “he got into a terrible fix”
verb	preserve in a pickling liquid

Word Forms

pickle	verb	preserve in a pickling liquid
pickle	noun	vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

beizen

Gemüse (insbesondere Gurken), eingelegt in Salzlake oder Essig

🇫🇷French

saumure

légumes (surtout les concombres) conservés dans de la saumure ou du vinaigre

🇪🇸Spanish

conservar en vinagre

verduras (especialmente pepinos) conservadas en salmuera o vinagre

🇮🇹Italian

sottaceto

verdure (soprattutto cetrioli) conservate in salamoia o aceto

🇳🇱Dutch

augurk

groenten (vooral komkommers) geconserveerd in pekel of azijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

salmoura

vegetais (especialmente pepinos) conservados em salmoura ou vinagre

🇷🇺Russian

мариновать

овощи (особенно огурцы), консервированные в рассоле или уксусе

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अचार

नमकीन पानी या सिरके में संरक्षित सब्जियाँ (विशेषकर खीरे)।

🇧🇩Bengali

আচার

শাকসবজি (বিশেষত শসা) ব্রাইন বা ভিনেগারে সংরক্ষিত

🇮🇳Tamil

ஊறுகாய்

காய்கறிகள் (குறிப்பாக வெள்ளரிகள்) உப்புநீரில் அல்லது வினிகரில் பாதுகாக்கப்படுகின்றன

🇮🇳Telugu

ఊరగాయ

కూరగాయలు (ముఖ్యంగా దోసకాయలు) ఉప్పునీరు లేదా వెనిగర్ లో భద్రపరచబడతాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

लोणचे

भाजीपाला (विशेषत: काकडी) समुद्र किंवा व्हिनेगरमध्ये संरक्षित

🇮🇳Gujarati

અથાણું

શાકભાજી (ખાસ કરીને કાકડીઓ) ખારા અથવા સરકોમાં સાચવેલ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ

ತರಕಾರಿಗಳು (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿಗಳು) ಉಪ್ಪುನೀರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ವಿನೆಗರ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അച്ചാർ

ഉപ്പുവെള്ളത്തിലോ വിനാഗിരിയിലോ സൂക്ഷിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന പച്ചക്കറികൾ (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് വെള്ളരിക്കാ).

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਚਾਰ

ਸਬਜ਼ੀਆਂ (ਖਾਸ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਖੀਰੇ) ਬਰਾਈਨ ਜਾਂ ਸਿਰਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

اچار

سبزیاں (خاص طور پر کھیرے) نمکین پانی یا سرکہ میں محفوظ ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

泡菜

用盐水或醋腌制的蔬菜（尤其是黄瓜）

🇯🇵Japanese

ピクルス

塩水または酢で保存された野菜（特にキュウリ）

🇰🇷Korean

간물

소금물이나 식초에 보존한 야채(특히 오이)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dưa chua

rau (đặc biệt là dưa chuột) được bảo quản trong nước muối hoặc giấm

🇹🇭Thai

ดอง

ผัก (โดยเฉพาะแตงกวา) เก็บรักษาไว้ในน้ำเกลือหรือน้ำส้มสายชู

🇮🇩Indonesian

acar

sayuran (terutama mentimun) yang diawetkan dalam air garam atau cuka

🇵🇭Filipino

atsara

mga gulay (lalo na ang mga pipino) na napanatili sa brine o suka

🇲🇾Malay

jeruk

sayur-sayuran (terutamanya timun) yang diawet dalam air garam atau cuka

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مخلل

الخضار (خاصة الخيار) المحفوظة في محلول ملحي أو خل

🇮🇷Persian

ترشی

سبزیجات (مخصوصاً خیار) که در آب نمک یا سرکه نگهداری می شوند

🇹🇷Turkish

turşu

salamura veya sirkede konserve edilmiş sebzeler (özellikle salatalık)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מלפפון חמוץ

ירקות (במיוחד מלפפונים) משומרים במלח או חומץ

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The primary meaning of 'pickle' is 'vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar'.

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