colza

colza

English

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Etymology

From French colza, from Dutch koolzaad (“cabbage seed, (later) colza”), from Middle Dutch coolsaet, from kool (“cole”) +‎ zaad (“seed”).

Noun

colza (uncountable)

1. oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.

Translations

cabbage variety

Belarusian: рапс m (raps) Bulgarian: ра́пица f (rápica) Catalan: colza (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 芥花 (jièhuā) Czech: řepka olejka f Danish: raps c Dutch: koolzaad (nl) n Finnish: rapsi (fi) French: colza (fr) m, chou (fr) m German: Raps (de) m Hungarian: repce (hu) Italian: colza (it) f Norwegian: raps m Polish: rzepak (pl) m Portuguese: colza (pt) f Persian: کلزا‎ (kolzâ) Russian: рапс (ru) m (raps) Slovak: repica olejnatá f Slovene: oljna repica f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: уљана репица f Latin: uljana repica f Spanish: colza f Swedish: raps (sv) c Ukrainian: ріпа́к m (ripák), рапс m (raps)

Anagrams

• -zolac

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Catalan

Etymology

French colza

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.za/

Noun

colza f (plural colzes)

1. colza

Further reading

• “colza” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colza”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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French

Etymology

From Middle French colzat, from Dutch koolzaad (“cabbage seed, (later) colza”), from Middle Dutch coolsaet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl.za/

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Noun

colza m (plural colzas)

1. (originally) oilseed rape
2. canola

Descendants

• → Catalan: colza
• → English: colza
• → Italian: colza
• → Portuguese: colza
• → Spanish: colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza.

Noun

colza f (plural colze)

1. oilseed rape (plant Brassica napus)
2. canola

Anagrams

• calzo, calzò

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza, from Dutch koolzaad.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.zɐ/ [ˈkoʊ̯.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.zɐ/ [ˈkoʊ̯.zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.za/ [ˈkoʊ̯.za]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.zɐ/ [ˈkoɫ.zɐ]

• Homophone: cousa (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -olzɐ, -owzɐ
• Hyphenation: col‧za

Noun

colza f (plural colzas)

1. colza

References

1. “colza” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “colza” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From French colza, from Dutch koolzaad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈkolθa/ [ˈkol̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈkolsa/ [ˈkol.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -olθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -olsa
• Syllabification: col‧za

Noun

colza f (plural colzas)

1. canola

Derived terms

• aceite de colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014