noun, masculine/le.ɡym/plural: légumes
vegetable; vegetable, cabbage (someone in a vegetative state); legume; pod; couch potato
“Manger des légumes est très bon pour la santé.” — Eating vegetables is very good for one's health.
Synonyms: jardinage, végétable, verdage, verdure, gousse
Borrowed from Latin legūmen (cf. older form lesgum); was once feminine and became masculine by the 17th century. Replaced the Old French leün, which was inherited from the same source. Compare Italian and Portuguese legume, Catalan llegum, Spanish legumbre.