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.