couve
See also: couvé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuv/
- Homophones: couves, couvent
Verb
couve
- inflection of couver:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
couve
Etymology
From Old Portuguese couve, from earlier *coue, from Latin caulis (“stem of a cabbage”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”). Doublet of caule.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko(w).vi/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).vi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈko(w).ve/ [ˈko(ʊ̯).ve]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈko(w).v(ɨ)/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈko.v(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: cou‧ve
Noun
couve f (plural couves)
- several leaf vegetables, from the family Brassica oleracea
- kale (plant)
- cabbage (plant)
- Synonym: repolho
- collard greens (plant)
- Synonym: couve-galega
- couves (small truck on horse or rope hauled railway)
Hypernyms
- crucíferas, brassicáceas
Derived terms
- couve-brócolo
- couve-cavalar
- couve-crespa
- couve-de-bruxelas
- couve-de-saboia
- couve-flor
- couve-frisada
- couve-galega
- couve-lombarda
- couve-nabo
- couve-portuguesa
- couve-rábano
- couve-repolho
- couve-repolho-branco
- couve-repolhuda
- couve-roxa
- couve-tronchuda
Related terms
- caule
- chucrute
- couval