Definition
The plural form of garlic; multiple garlic bulbs or plants.
Etymology
Regular English plural formation from garlic, adding -s. Garlic itself comes from Old English gārlēac combining 'spear' and 'leek.'
Kelly Says
English borrowed so much from other languages that our most basic vocabulary—like garlic from Germanic roots—seems ancient, yet garlics as a plural is still only about 1,000 years old in written English.
Translations
CSČeština
česnek
cheh-snek
DADansk
hvidløg
hveed-lohk
DEDeutsch
Knoblauch
knoh-blohk
ELΕλληνικά
κεραμίδι
ke-ra-mi-di
FISuomi
valkosipuli
val-ko-si-pu-li
HUMagyar
fokhagyma
fok-ha-g-ma
IDBahasa Indonesia
bawang putih
ba-wang poo-teet
ITItaliano
aglio
ah-ghee-oh
MSBahasa Melayu
bawang putih
ba-wang poo-teet
NLNederlands
knoflook
knoh-lohk
PLPolski
czosnek
choh-snek
RORomână
usturoi
oo-strou-oy
RUРусский
чеснок
che-snokh
SVSvenska
vitlök
veet-lohk
SWKiswahili
viung
vee-ung
TAதமிழ்
வெங்காயம்
ven-ka-ya-m
THไทย
กระเทียม
gra-tee-am
TLTL
bawang putih
ba-wang poo-teet
TRTürkçe
sarımsak
sah-rim-sak
UKУкраїнська
часник
cha-snik
YOYO
alubosa
ah-loo-bo-sa
ZUZU
umqombothi
oom-kohm-bo-thee