légume
/le.ɡym/
1.
nounmasculine
vegetable (edible plant or part of a plant eaten as food)
J'essaie de manger au moins un légume à chaque repas.
I try to eat at least one vegetable at every meal.
2.
nounmasculine
colloquial: a person in a vegetative or unresponsive state; figuratively, someone extremely inactive
Après l'accident, il est resté un légume pendant plusieurs semaines.
After the accident, he remained like a vegetable for several weeks.
