kale
English
/keɪl/
noun
Definitions
- An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
- (cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
- (dated) Money.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cale inherited from Old English cāl derived from Latin caulis (stem, stalk, cabbage, stick stem of a plant, stem of cabbage, cabbage-stalk).
Origin
Latin
caulis
Gloss
stem, stalk, cabbage, stick stem of a plant, stem of cabbage, cabbage-stalk
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
茎
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kole English
- acaulous English
- cole English
- coleseed English
- colewort English
- kalelike English
- kalette English
- pachycaul English
- amplexicaulis Latin
- caulicula, cauliculus Latin
- cauliflorus Latin
- caulis Latin
- caulus Latin
- Blaukohl German
- Blumenkohl German
- Braunkohl German
- Chinakohl German
- Grünkohl German
- Kohl German
- Kohlrübe German
- Kohlsuppe German
- Rosenkohl German
- Rotkohl German
- Weißkohl German
- caule Italian
- coles Spanish, Castilian
- καυλός Ancient Greek
- couve Portuguese
- cawel Old English
- cāl Old English
- cāwel Old English
- गोजिह्विका Sanskrit
- cale Middle English
- cole Middle English
- kál Old Norse
- chous Old French
- grænkál Icelandic
- hnúðkál Icelandic
- hvítkál Icelandic
- kál Icelandic
- kínakál Icelandic
- rauðkál Icelandic
- rósakál Icelandic
- skarfakál Icelandic
- spergilkál Icelandic
- súrkál Icelandic
- cawl Welsh
- kolo Old High German
- kōlo Old High German
- càl Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *kōl Old Dutch
- col Old Portuguese
- kal, kāl Old Swedish
- caulet Old Occitan
- kał Lower Sorbian
- cavuliceddu Sicilian
- cavuliciddaru Sicilian
- caul Dalmatian
- Keel Bavarian