kohlrabi

See also: Kohlrabi

English

Kohlrabi

Alternative forms

kohl rabi

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kohlrabi, from Kohl (“cabbage”) + Italian rape (“turnips”), from cavoli rape, the plural of cavolo rapa (“cole rape”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /koʊlˈɹɑb.i/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊlˈɹɑː.bi/
Rhymes: -ɑːbi
Hyphenation: kohl‧ra‧bi

Noun

kohlrabi (countable and uncountable, plural kohlrabis or kohlrabies)

Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
Synonym: (India, obsolete) nol-kole

Translations

cabbage variety

Abkhaz: а-хәы́л (a-xʷə́l)
Bulgarian: алабаш (bg) m (alabaš)
Catalan: colrave f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苤藍／苤蓝 (zh) (piělán), 撇藍／撇蓝 (piēlán), 擘藍／擘蓝 (bāilán), 大頭菜／大头菜 (zh) (dàtóucài)
Czech: kedluben m
Danish: glaskål c, knudekål c, glaskålrabi c, kålrabi c (dated, now refers mainly to rutabaga)
Dutch: koolrabi (nl)
Esperanto: tigobrasiko (eo)
Faroese: knútakál n, glaskál n
Finnish: kyssäkaali (fi), kaalirapi (fi)
French: chou-rave (fr) m
Georgian: კეჟერა (ḳežera), კოლრაბი (ḳolrabi)
German: Kohlrabi (de) m
Greek: γογγυλοκράμβη f (gongylokrámvi)
Greenlandic: kålrabi
Hungarian: karalábé (hu)
Icelandic: hnúðkál n
Italian: cavolo rapa m
Japanese: コールラビ (kōrurabi)
Korean: 콜라비 (kollabi)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: داشکەلەم‎ (daşkelem)
Lithuanian: kaliaropė f
Macedonian: келера́ба f (kelerába)
Maori: kararapi
Mingrelian: ხული (xuli), კოლრაბი (ḳolrabi)
Navajo: Béésh Bichʼahii beʼakétłʼóól dijoolí
Norman: kohlrabi m
Norwegian:
Norwegian Nynorsk: knutekål
Polish: kalarepa (pl) f
Portuguese: couve-rábano f
Punjabi: ਗੰਢ ਗੋਭੀ f (gaṇḍh gobhī)
Romanian: gulie (ro) f
Romansch: colrava f
Russian: кольра́би (ru) f (kolʹrábi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: келераба f
Roman: keleraba (sh) f
Slovak: kaleráb m
Slovene: koleraba f
Spanish: colirrábano m
Swedish: kålrabbi (sv) c, knutkål c
Thai: กะหล่ำปม
Turkish: yer lahanası, alabaş (tr)
Vietnamese: su hào (vi)
Volapük: kaulabrasid

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English kohlrabi.

Noun

kohlrabi m (uncountable)

(Jersey) kohlrabi