vegan
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
Someone who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
vehguhnSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈvɛɡən
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
Someone from Vega in Norway.
Someone from Vega in Sweden.
Someone living in or originating from Las Vegas.
adjective
of a person
Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
Relating to vegans or veganism.
Relating to the star Vega.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
Used this way, vegan is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use vegan
- “My friend, who is a vegan, eats only plant-based foods, no meat or dairy.”noun
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