cabbage
English
/ˈkæbɪdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
- (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
- (countable) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
- (uncountable) Money.
- (uncountable) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
- The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
- The (), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cabage, caboche (cabbage, a certain fish) derived from Latin caput (head, etc, source).
Origin
Latin
caput
Gloss
head, etc, source
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cabbagetown English
- ball English
- cabbage on a stick English
- cabbageball English
- cabbaged English
- cabbagehead English
- cabbageless English
- cabbagelike English
- cabbagey English
- cabbagy English
- capite English
- caput English
- caput Mundi English
- head English
- stick English
- town English
- *accapāre Latin
- *bottia Latin
- *capare Latin
- *capitina Latin
- *capum Latin
- *capāre Latin
- *cuppāre Latin
- *excapitāre Latin
- *excapitō Latin
- Reconstruction:Latin/capum Latin
- baculum Latin
- capa Latin
- capitalis Latin
- capitaneus Latin
- capitatio Latin
- capitatus Latin
- capitellum Latin
- capitergium Latin
- capitia Latin
- capitilavium Latin
- capitium Latin
- capito Latin
- capitulum Latin
- capitānea Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitāre Latin
- cappa Latin
- caput Latin
- occiput Latin
- praecipito Latin
- sinciput Latin
- ēricius Latin
- Kap German
- capa Italian
- caporale Italian
- capriccio Italian
- caboche French
- cabochien French
- capote French
- chef French
- acabar Spanish, Castilian
- capota Spanish, Castilian
- *kauput- Proto-Indo-European
- kapp Norwegian Bokmål
- sjef Norwegian Bokmål
- caput Portuguese
- キャベツ Japanese
- 花キャベツ Japanese
- kapp Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjef Norwegian Nynorsk
- cabage, caboche Middle English
- cabáiste Irish
- caboce Old French
- chanfrain Old French
- chief Old French
- kabichi Swahili
- acabar Occitan
- cabussar Occitan
- cap Occitan
- *kaput Proto-Italic
- acabar Asturian
- iklabishi Zulu
- capa Sicilian
- ikhapetshu Xhosa
- ikhaphetshu Xhosa
- kabis Tok Pisin
- caboche xno
- capitolie xno
- liklabishi Swati
- kabisi Sranan Tongo
- kaabij Fiji Hindi
- capa Tarantino
- kabij Abenaki