turnip

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
2. (Atlantic-Canada, Cornwall, Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
3. (Hong-Kong) The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon.
4. (Malaysia, Singapore, broadly) The root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus; jicama.
5. (dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.
6. (slang) A fool or simpleton.

Verb

1. (transitive) To plant with turnips.
2. (transitive) To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.

Concepts

navet

betterave

colza

rave

brassica rapa

Synonymes

rutabaga

swede

white turnip

radish

Brassica rapa

Raphanus sativus

turnip plant

rappini

turmit

beet

ike

parsnip

rape

tuber

brassica

Traductions

nabo

rapa

Rübe

nabo

raap

knol

knolraap

şalgam

şêlim

nap

koolzaad

κράμβη

tar

γογγύλι

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɜː.nɪp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: turnepe

Hérité de moyen anglais: nepe

Hérité de ancien anglais: nǣp

In summary

From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.