broccoli

broccoli

See also: Broccoli

English

broccoli

Alternative forms

• broccolo (rare)
• brocoli (archaic)
• brockely (obsolete)

Etymology

1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade[1]), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/, /ˈbɹɑk.li/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

broccoli (countable and uncountable, plural broccolis or broccoli)

1. A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

   Hypernym: crucifer

   Hyponym: (UK) Calabrese

   • 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (→ISBN), Growing Oriental Leaf Vegetables:

     You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.

   • 2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 83:

     Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.

2. (US, slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 2014, “Kodak Black”, in Heart Of The Projects, performed by Skrilla:

     I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies

   • 2017, “T-Shirt”, in Culture, performed by Migos:

     All I want is cottage, roll a cigar full of broccoli

Derived terms

• Aztec broccoli
• broccoflower
• broccolilike
• broccoli raab
• broccoli rabe
• broccoli rape
• broccoloid
• Chinese broccoli

 

Related terms

• brocade

Translations

plant Brassica oleracea var. italica

Arabic: بْرُكُولِي‎ m (brukūlī), بْرُوكُلِي‎ m (brūkulī) Egyptian Arabic: بروكلي‎ m pl (brukli) Hijazi Arabic: بروكلي‎ m pl (brōkuli) Aragonese: bróquil m Armenian: բրոկկոլի (brokkoli) Belarusian: бро́калі f (brókali) Bulgarian: броколи n (brokoli) Catalan: bròcoli m Chinese: Cantonese: 西蘭花, 西兰花 (sai1 laan4 fa1), 百加利 (baak3 gaa1 lei6) Hakka: 青花菜 (chhiâng-fâ-chhoi) Mandarin: 西蘭花／西兰花 (zh) (xīlánhuā), 西藍花／西蓝花 (xīlánhuā), 青花菜 (zh) (qīnghuācài), 綠菜花／绿菜花 (zh) (lǜcàihuā), 綠花椰菜／绿花椰菜 (zh) (lǜhuāyēcài, lǜhuāyécài) Min Nan: 青花菜 (chheⁿ-hoe-chhài, chhiⁿ-hoe-chhài) Czech: brokolice (cs) f Danish: broccoli c Dutch: broccoli (nl) m Esperanto: brokolo (eo) Estonian: spargelkapsas, asparkapsas, brokoli Faroese: brokkoli n Finnish: parsakaali (fi), brokkoli (fi) French: brocoli (fr) m Galician: brócoli (gl) m Georgian: ბროკოლი (broḳoli) German: Brokkoli (de) m Greek: μπρόκολο (el) n (brókolo) Ancient: κραμβοσπάραγον n (krambospáragon) Greenlandic: broccolit Hebrew: בְּרוֹקוֹלִי‎ (he) m (brókoli) Hindi: ब्रोकोली f (brokolī), हरी गोभी (harī gobhī) Hungarian: brokkoli (hu) Icelandic: spergilkál n, brokkolí (is) n Indonesian: brokoli (id) Irish: brocailí m Italian: broccolo (it) m Japanese: ブロッコリ (ja) (burokkori), 緑花野菜 (midorihanayasai), 芽花野菜 (mehanayasai) Korean: 브로콜리 (beurokolli) Latvian: brokoļi Lithuanian: brokolis Macedonian: брокола f (brokola), броколи pl (brokoli) Malay: brokoli Maltese: brokkola f Navajo: chʼilzooł, chʼil dootłʼizh Norman: brécolîn m Norwegian: Bokmål: brokkoli m Nynorsk: brokkoli m Persian: کلم بروکلی‎ Polish: brokuł (pl) m Portuguese: brócolis m pl Romanian: broccoli (ro) m pl Romansch: broccoli m Russian: бро́кколи (ru) f (brókkoli) Serbo-Croatian: brokula (sh) f Slovene: brokoli m Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: brokoli Spanish: brécol (es) m, bróculi (es) m, brócoli (es) m Swedish: broccoli (sv) c Tagalog: brokuli Thai: บรอกโคลี (brɔ́k-koo-lîi) Turkish: brokoli (tr), yeşil karnabahar Ukrainian: бро́колі f (brókoli) Vietnamese: bông cải xanh Volapük: sparagabrasid

Noun

broccoli

1. plural of broccolo

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “broccoli”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• broccoli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• broccoli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Danish

Etymology

From the plural of Italian broccolo.

Noun

broccoli c (singular definite broccolien, plural indefinite broccoli)

1. broccoli

Inflection

Declension of broccoli

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	broccoli	broccolien	broccoli	broccoliene
genitive	broccolis	broccoliens	broccolis	broccolienes

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔk.ko.li/

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• Rhymes: -ɔkkoli
• Hyphenation: bròc‧co‧li

Noun

broccoli m

1. plural of broccolo

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Romanian

Etymology

From Italian broccoli.

Noun

broccoli m (uncountable)

1. broccoli

Declension

declension of broccoli (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) broccoli	broccoliul
genitive/dative	(unui) broccoli	broccoliului
vocative	broccoliule