vegetative
/ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/adjective
vegetative is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-G-E-T-A-T-I-V-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vegetative mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
- 2
Of or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
- 3
Physically inactive.
- 4
Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vegetative?
- /ˈvɛd͡ʒəteɪtɪv/
Vegetative has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vegetative
- more vegetative comparative
- most vegetative superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vegetative?
Vegetative appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vegetative come from?
From Middle French végétatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from past participle stem of vegetare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).