cole
Meaning
- (uncountable, usually) Cabbage.
- (uncountable, usually) Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
Synonyms
Brassica oleracea acephala
Translations
Frequency
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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