Pickle

//ˈpɪkəl//

Synonyms for "pickle" (391 found)

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Translations

250 translations across 63 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κολυμβάς noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • ἁλμεύω verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُخَلَّل noun (preserved cucumber)

Armenian

4 entries
  • անախորժ դրություն noun (difficult situation)
  • թթու noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • թթու դրած բանջարեղեն noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • թթու վարունգ noun (preserved cucumber)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кисела краставичка noun (preserved cucumber)
  • киселинна вана noun (metalworking: bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc.)
  • неприятно положение noun (difficult situation)
  • саламура noun (brine used for preserving food)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ချဉ်ဖတ် noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • ကုလားတည် verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)
  • ချဉ်ဖတ်တည် verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)
  • ဆားစိမ် verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Catalan

4 entries
  • cogombret noun (preserved cucumber)
  • conserva noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • envinagrat noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • conservar verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 鹹菜 /咸菜 noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 泡菜 noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • 酸瓜 noun (preserved cucumber)
  • 醃菜 /腌菜 noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • 醃青瓜 /腌青瓜 noun (preserved cucumber)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 泡菜 noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • 醃菜 /腌菜 noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • 醃黃瓜 /腌黄瓜 noun (preserved cucumber)
  • 鹹菜 /咸菜 noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Czech

4 entries
  • kaše noun (difficult situation)
  • kyselá okurka noun (preserved cucumber)
  • lák noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • nadělení noun (difficult situation)

Dutch

4 entries
  • (ingemaakte) augurk noun (preserved cucumber)
  • pekel noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • pickles noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • puree noun (difficult situation)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kukumeto noun (preserved cucumber)
  • pekli verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Estonian

4 entries
  • hapukurk noun (preserved cucumber)
  • hoidis noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • koerakont noun (children's game)
  • marinaad noun (brine used for preserving food)

Finnish

4 entries
  • etikkaliemi noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • kurkku noun (preserved cucumber)
  • liemi noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • liemi noun (difficult situation)

French

3 entries
  • cornichon noun (preserved cucumber)
  • pickles noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • saler verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მწნილი noun (preserved cucumber)

German

4 entries
  • Essiggurke noun (preserved cucumber)
  • Frechdachs noun (affectionate term for a loved one)
  • Gewürzgurke noun (preserved cucumber)
  • Lake noun (brine used for preserving food)

Greek

4 entries
  • άλμη noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • γάρος noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • διαβολάκι noun (affectionate term for a loved one)
  • ζιζάνιο noun (affectionate term for a loved one)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • agurki noun (preserved cucumber)
  • agurki noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • חמוצים noun (preserved cucumber)
  • מלפפון חמוץ noun (preserved cucumber)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अचार noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • अचार बनाना verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csemegeuborka noun (preserved cucumber)
  • kovászos uborka noun (preserved cucumber)
  • pác noun (difficult situation)
  • savanyúság noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Ido

2 entries
  • piklo noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • piklokukombreto noun (preserved cucumber)

Italian

4 entries
  • birichino noun (affectionate term for a loved one)
  • cetriolino noun (preserved cucumber)
  • cetriolino sottaceto noun (preserved cucumber)
  • cetriolo noun (slang: penis — see also penis)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ピクルス noun (preserved cucumber)
  • 塩水 noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • 漬け物 noun (preserved cucumber)
  • 漬物 noun (preserved cucumber)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಉಪ್ಪಿನಕಾಯಿ noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Konkani

1 entries
  • लोणचें noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Korean

3 entries
  • 간물 noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • 절임 noun (preserved cucumber)
  • 피클 noun (preserved cucumber)

Latin

1 entries
  • salgama noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Latvian

1 entries
  • skābēt verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • raugintas agurkas noun (preserved cucumber)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • кисела краставичка noun (preserved cucumber)
  • корнишо́н noun (preserved cucumber)
  • расол noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • туршија noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Malay

2 entries
  • acar noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • jeruk noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Marathi

1 entries
  • लोणचे noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • даршилсан ногоо noun (preserved cucumber)

Māori

2 entries
  • pīkara noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • pīkara verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Navajo

2 entries
  • naayízí díkʼǫ́zhí noun (preserved cucumber)
  • taʼneeskʼánítsʼózí díkʼǫ́zhígíí noun (preserved cucumber)

Nepali

1 entries
  • अचार noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Norman

1 entries
  • piclier verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • tilozî noun (preserved cucumber)
  • tirozî noun (preserved cucumber)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • sylteagurk noun (preserved cucumber)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • zhiiwi-bipakoombens noun (preserved cucumber)
  • zhiiwisijigaans noun (preserved cucumber)

Persian

3 entries
  • آچار noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • ترشی noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • خیارشور noun (preserved cucumber)

Polish

4 entries
  • kiszonka noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • kwaszonka noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • marynata noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • ogórek kiszony noun (preserved cucumber)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • achar noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • conservado noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • picles noun (preserved cucumber)
  • salmoura noun (brine used for preserving food)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • añsar noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Romanian

4 entries
  • castravete murat noun (preserved cucumber)
  • moare noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • murătură noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • mura verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Russian

4 entries
  • ква́шеный огуре́ц noun (preserved cucumber)
  • ки́слый огуре́ц noun (preserved cucumber)
  • корнишо́н noun (preserved cucumber)
  • рассо́л noun (brine used for preserving food)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • saill verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kiseli krastavac noun (preserved cucumber)
  • rasol noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • turšija noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • zimnica noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Slovak

1 entries
  • kyslá uhorka noun (preserved cucumber)

Spanish

4 entries
  • encurtido noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • pepinillo noun (preserved cucumber)
  • vinagreta noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • conservar verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Swahili

1 entries
  • achali noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Swedish

4 entries
  • inlagd noun (preserved cucumber)
  • inläggning noun (preserved cucumber)
  • inläggning noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • inläggning noun (brine used for preserving food)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஊறுகாய் noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పచ్చడి noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Thai

1 entries
  • ดอง verb (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kornişon noun (preserved cucumber)
  • salatalık turşusu noun (preserved cucumber)
  • turşu noun (preserved cucumber)
  • turşu noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ква́шений огіро́к noun (preserved cucumber)
  • квас noun (brine used for preserving food)
  • марино́ваний огіро́к noun (preserved cucumber)
  • неприє́мне стано́вище noun (difficult situation)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اچار noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • dưa noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)
  • đồ chua noun (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish)

Welsh

1 entries
  • piclen noun (preserved cucumber)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • זויערע אוגערקע noun (preserved cucumber)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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Did you know that if you plug a pickle into an electrical outlet, it glows and makes buzzing noises?

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I'm in a pickle.

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Life is a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed.

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How did you get in such a pickle?

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.