cabbage

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
3. (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
4. (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
5. (countable, uncountable) Used as a term of endearment.
6. (slang, uncountable) Money.
7. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
8. (countable, uncountable) A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
9. (countable, uncountable) A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
10. (countable, slang, uncountable) A human head.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To form a head like that of the cabbage.
2. (intransitive, slang) To do nothing; to idle; veg out.
3. (slang) To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.

Verb

To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.

Concepten

kool

plant

🌱

stelen

boerenkool

Synoniemen

kale

cole

pilfer

filch

chou

hook

🪝

borecole

drumhead cabbage

greens

boodle

bread

🍞

clams

dough

gelt

abstract

lettuce

lift

lolly

loot

lucre

nobble

pelf

pinch

purloin

scratch

snarf

sneak

sugar

swipe

wampum

shekels

moolah

Brassica oleracea

cultivated cabbage

dinero

simoleons

steal

wild cabbage

cabbage white butterfly

tailor

head

goof

kail

deadhead

vegetable

celery

white cabbage

Chinese cabbage

brassica

money

💸

Vertalingen

cavolo

chou

Kohl

col

λάχανο

col

repolho

repollo

lahana

couve

brassica

كرنب

crambe

Kraut

🌿

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: caboche

Verwant aan Oudfrans: cabasser

In summary

From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).