vegetarian

noun/ˌvedʒəˈteəriən/CEFR B1

নিরামিষাশী

Meaning

A person who does not eat meat or fish.

Example sentences

  • She has been a vegetarian for ten years.দশ বছর ধরে সে নিরামিষাশী।
  • The menu marks vegetarian dishes.মেনুতে নিরামিষ পদগুলো চিহ্নিত করা আছে।

Common phrases with “vegetarian”

  • a strict vegetarianকঠোর নিরামিষাশী
  • vegetarian foodনিরামিষ খাবার
  • become a vegetarianনিরামিষাশী হওয়া

A common mistake

He is a vegetarian, so he eats only fish.→He eats no meat but does eat fish — that is pescatarian.

In English a vegetarian eats no fish either. Someone who eats fish but no other meat is a pescatarian, and a vegan avoids eggs, milk and honey as well.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: veggie

Antonyms: carnivore

Similar words, and what each means

  • veggie

    সবজি; নিরামিষাশী (ঘরোয়া শব্দ)

    An informal word for a vegetable, or in Britain, for a vegetarian.

Opposite words

  • carnivore

    মাংসাশী প্রাণী

    An animal that eats mainly meat.

“vegetarian” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • The menu has many vegetarian dishes.

    menu — dictionary →

  • Traditional rennet comes from the stomach lining of a young calf, and cheese set with it is not vegetarian — which is why labels now specify microbial or vegetarian rennet when no animal source was used.

    rennet — dictionary →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “vegetarian” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • নিরামিষাশী
    • • ডাকের থলে; প্রাপ্ত চিঠির সমষ্টি
    • • অবসরের জন্য জমানো তহবিল
    • • কর্মী, প্রতিষ্ঠানের একজন সদস্য
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    নিরামিষাশী — vegetarian (noun) — নিরামিষাশী. A person who does not eat meat or fish.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “vegetarian”?

    • • blessing
    • • larva
    • • veggie
    • • ricer
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    veggie — veggie — সবজি; নিরামিষাশী (ঘরোয়া শব্দ). An informal word for a vegetable, or in Britain, for a vegetarian.

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