cole

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) Cabbage.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəʊl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, from Germanic, from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl, Danish kål, Norwegian Bokmål kål, Norwegian Nynorsk kål, Swedish kål. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale.

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