kale
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: From Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi.
Inflected forms:
form: kales
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Money.
pos: noun
tags: dated
slang
uncountable
usually
examples: I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.
Derived words: Asian kale
black kale
Brusselkale
Chinese kale
curly kale
dinosaur kale
Italian kale
kalelike
kale runt
kalette
muslin-kale
palm tree kale
Red Russian kale
Russian kale
sea kale
Tuscan kale
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: boerkool
lang: Albanian
word: lakër jeshile
lang: Arabic
word: كُرْنُب أَجْعَد
roman: kurnub ʔajʕad
lang: Bulgarian
word: къ́драво зе́ле
roman: kǎ́dravo zéle
lang: Catalan
word: col arrissada
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 羽衣甘藍 /羽衣甘蓝
roman: yǔyī gānlán
lang: Czech
word: kadeřávek
lang: Danish
word: grønkål
lang: Dutch
word: boerenkool
lang: Esperanto
word: krispa brasiko
lang: Faroese
word: grønkál
lang: Finnish
word: lehtikaali
lang: French
word: chou frisé
lang: Galician
word: col
lang: Galician
word: verza
lang: Georgian
word: კალე
roman: ḳale
lang: Georgian
word: ხუჭუჭა კომბოსტო
roman: xuč̣uč̣a ḳombosṭo
lang: German
word: Grünkohl
lang: German
word: Federkohl
lang: Greek
word: λαχανίδα
roman: lachanída
lang: Hungarian
word: kel
lang: Hungarian
word: fodros kel
lang: Hungarian
word: leveles kel
lang: Icelandic
word: grænkál
lang: Irish
word: cál
lang: Italian
word: cavolo nero
lang: Italian
word: cavolo riccio
lang: Japanese
word: ケール
roman: kēru
lang: Japanese
word: 緑葉甘藍
roman: ryokuyō kanran
lang: Japanese
word: 羽衣甘藍
roman: hagoromo kanran
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کەیڵ
roman: keyll
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бакча капустасы
roman: bakca kapustası
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жем капуста
roman: jem kapusta
lang: Lao
word: ຜັກຜະລິດນ້າ
roman: phak pha lit nā
lang: Latin
word: crambe
lang: Macedonian
word: кељ
roman: kelj
lang: Macedonian
word: кел
roman: kel
lang: Norwegian
word: grønnkål
lang: Persian
word: کلم برگ
roman: kalam barg
lang: Polish
word: jarmuż
lang: Portuguese
word: couve-de-folhas
lang: Romanian
word: varză verde
lang: Russian
word: кале́
roman: kalé
lang: Russian
word: листова́я капу́ста
roman: listovája kapústa
lang: Russian
word: грюнко́ль
roman: grjunkólʹ
lang: Russian
word: браунко́ль
roman: braunkólʹ
lang: Scots
word: kail
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kelj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кељ
lang: Slovak
word: kel
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: zeleny kał
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: wuchacowy kał
lang: Spanish
word: col rizada
lang: Spanish
word: kale (keil)
lang: Spanish
word: repollo crespo
lang: Spanish
word: berza rizosa
lang: Swedish
word: grönkål
lang: Turkish
word: karalahana
lang: Ukrainian
word: кейл
roman: kejl
lang: Vietnamese
word: cải xoăn
lang: Welsh
word: bresych deiliog
lang: Welsh
word: cêl