warmoes

warmoes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch warmoes, from warm (“warm”) + moes (“food pulp”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑr.mus/

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• Hyphenation: war‧moes
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

warmoes f or n (uncountable)

1. (collective, historical) vegetables, greens

   Synonym: groente

2. chard, Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris or Beta vulgaris var. cicla

   Synonym: snijbiet

Derived terms

• warmoeshof
• warmoestuin
• warmoeswijf
• warmoezenier
• warmoezerij
• warmoezier

 

References

1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “warmoes”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press