Feminine
couve
- (feminine) several leaf vegetables, from the family Brassica oleracea
- (feminine) kale (plant)
- (feminine) cabbage (plant)
- (feminine) collard greens (plant)
- (feminine) couves (small truck on horse or rope hauled railway)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈko(w).vi/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese couve, from earlier *coue, from Latin caulem (“stem of a cabbage”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”). Doublet of caule.
Brassica oleracea
head cabbage
cultivated cabbage
green cabbage
chou
cavolo
col
kool
col
Kohl
lahana
λάχανο
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