Meaning
vegetarian
- not eating meat or fish
- relating to a diet without meat
In a sentence
Ordino un piatto vegetariano.
I’m ordering a vegetarian dish.
La tua dieta è vegetariana?
Is your diet vegetarian?
Questo panino non è vegetariano.
This sandwich isn’t vegetarian.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vegetariano | masculine · singular |
| vegetariana | feminine · singular |
| vegetariani | masculine · plural |
| vegetariane | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- As an adjective: dieta vegetariana, piatto vegetariano.
- As a noun it can mean a vegetarian person, but here it is adjective only.
- Not the same as vegano, which is stricter.