cauliflower

English

A budding cauliflower plant.

Etymology

From 16th century cole-florye. Compare Latin caulis, French chou-fleur, Italian cavolfiore.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒl.i.flaʊ.ə/, /ˈkɒl.ɪ.flaʊ.ə/
Audio (Australia) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑl.əˌflaʊ.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (US cot-caught merged) (file)

Noun

cauliflower (plural cauliflowers)

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.

Derived terms

broccoflower
cauliflower cheese
cauliflower ear
cauli

Translations

Vegetable

Afrikaans: blomkool
Albanian: lulelakër (sq)
Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط‎ m (qarnabīṭ), قُنَّبِيط‎ m (qunnabīṭ)
Egyptian Arabic: قرنبيط‎ m pl (ʔarnabiiṭ)
Armenian: ծաղկակաղամբ (hy) (całkakałamb)
Basque: azalore
Bulgarian: карнабит (bg) m (karnabit), карфиол m (karfiol)
Burmese: ဂေါ်ဖီပန်း (my) (gauhpipan:)
Catalan: coliflor (ca) f, bròquil blanc m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 椰花菜 (je⁴coi³faa¹)
Mandarin: 花椰菜 (zh) (huāyēcài), 菜花 (zh) (càihuā), 花菜 (zh) (huācài)
Czech: květák (cs) m, karfiól m
Danish: blomkål (da)
Dutch: bloemkool (nl) f
Esperanto: florbrasiko (eo)
Estonian: lillkapsas
Faroese: blómkál n
Finnish: kukkakaali (fi)
French: chou-fleur (fr) m
Galician: coliflor (gl) f
Georgian: კალნაბი (ḳalnabi), ყვავილოვანი კომბოსტო (q̇vavilovani ḳombosṭo)
German: Blumenkohl (de) m, (Austria) Karfiol (de) m
Greek: κουνουπίδι (el) n (kounoupídi)
Ancient: κάνωπον n (kánōpon)
Greenlandic: blomkåli
Hindi: फूल गोभी (hi) (phūl gobhī)
Hungarian: karfiol (hu)
Icelandic: blómkál (is) n
Ido: florkaulo (io)
Indonesian: blumkol, kubis bunga (id), kembang kol (id)
Irish: cóilis f
Italian: cavolfiore (it) m
Japanese: カリフラワー (ja) (karifurawā), 花野菜 (hanayasai), 花甘藍 (hanakanran), 花キャベツ (hanakyabetsu)
Korean: 꽃양배추 (kkotyangbaechu)

Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گوڵەکەلەم‎ (gullekelem)
Northern Kurdish: gulkelem (ku)
Latvian: ziedkāposts m
Lithuanian: žiedinis kopūstas m, žiedbastučiai m pl
Macedonian: карфио́л m (karfiól)
Malay: kubis bunga
Maori: kareparāoa
Mongolian: цэцэгт байцаа (tsetsegt bajtsaa)
Navajo: chʼil łigaii, sęęschʼil
Norman: chou-flieur m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blomkål m
Nynorsk: blomkål m
Persian: کلم گل‎
Polish: kalafior (pl) m
Portuguese: couve-flor (pt) f
Romanian: conopidă (ro) f
Romansch: cardifiol m
Russian: цветна́я капу́ста (ru) f (cvetnája kapústa)
Serbo-Croatian: karfiol (sh) m
Slovak: karfiol m
Slovene: cvetača (sl) f
Sotho: kholifolawa
Spanish: coliflor (es) f
Swahili: koliflawa
Swedish: blomkål (sv) c
Tagalog: koliplor
Thai: กะหล่ำดอก, กะหล่ำต้น
Turkish: karnabahar (tr)
Ukrainian: кучеря́ва капу́ста f (kučerjáva kapústa), цвітна́ капу́ста f (cvitná kapústa)
Vietnamese: bông cải trắng, cải bông trắng, cải hoa, hoa lơ, hoa lơ trắng, su lơ, súp lơ
Volapük: florabrasid (vo)
Welsh: colifflŵar m, bresychen wen (cy) f, blodfresychen (cy) f
Wolof: sufëlëer, sufólóor

Edible head of a cauliflower plant

Afrikaans: blomkool
Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط‎ m (qarnabīṭ), قُنَّبِيط‎ m (qunnabīṭ)
Egyptian Arabic: قرنبيطة‎ f (ʔarnabiṭa), قرنبيط‎ m pl (ʔarnabiiṭ)
Basque: azalore
Catalan: coliflor (ca) f
Czech: květák (cs) m, karfiól m
Danish: blomkål (da) c
Dutch: bloemkool (nl) f
Elfdalian: bljommkǫl m
Estonian: lillkapsas
Faroese: blómkál n
Finnish: kukkakaali (fi)
French: chou-fleur (fr) m
German: Blumenkohl (de) m, Karfiol (de) m
Greek: κουνουπίδι (el) n (kounoupídi)
Greenlandic: blomkåli
Hungarian: karfiol (hu)
Icelandic: blómkál (is) n
Indonesian: kubis bunga (id)
Irish: cóilis f
Italian: cavolfiore (it) m
Latvian: ziedkāposts m, puķkāposts m
Lithuanian: žiedinis kopūstas m
Luxembourgish: Choufleur m

Maltese: pastard
Navajo: chʼil łigaii
Northern Sami: diehppegálla
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blomkål m
Nynorsk: blomkål m
Polish: kalafior (pl) m
Portuguese: couve-flor (pt) f
Romanian: conopidă (ro) f
Romansch: cardifiol m
Russian: цветная капуста (ru) f (cvetnaja kapusta)
Serbo-Croatian: карфиол m
Slovak: karfiol m
Slovene: cvetača (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: kwětlik m
Spanish: coliflor (es) f
Swahili: mkoliflawa
Swedish: blomkål (sv) c
Tagalog: koliplor
Turkish: karnabahar (tr)
Ukrainian: кучеря́ва капу́ста f (kučerjáva kapústa), цвітна́ капу́ста f (cvitná kapústa), капуста цвітна f (kapusta cvitna)
Welsh: blodfresychen (cy) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} lulelakër (sq)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} карфиол m (karfiol)
Cornish: ^{(please verify)} cawlvlejen
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} florbrasiko (eo)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} כרובית‎ (he) f (kruvít)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} गोभी (hi) (gobhī) (gobhī)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bungkul (id); kubis bunga
Latin: ^{(please verify)} brassica (la) f
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} pastarda f
Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} cavelesciore
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} blomkål
Persian: ^{(please verify)} گل کلم‎ (gol-e kalam)

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} карфиол m
Roman: ^{(please verify)} karfiol (sh) m
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} cvetača (sl) f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} pella (es) f (Northern Spain, specifically Navarra, Spanish Basque Country, Aragon, and La Rioja)
Thai: ^{(please verify)} ดอกกะหล่ำ (dòk gà-làm)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} karnabahar (tr)
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} گوبی‎ (gobī), ^{(please verify)} گوبھی‎ (gobhī)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} hoa lơ, ^{(please verify)} hoa lơ trắng, ^{(please verify)} bông cải trắng
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} blomkoal (fy)
Zulu: ^{(please verify)} ukholifulawa