Curly kale, one of the many varieties of kale FromNorthern Middle English cale ,cal (Southerncol ), fromOld English cāl ,cāul ,cāwel , fromLatin caulis . CompareIcelandic kál ( “ cabbage ” ) ,German Kohl ( “ cabbage ” ) .Doublet ofcaulis ,cole , and gobi .
kale (usuallyuncountable ,plural kales )
An edible plant, similar tocabbage , with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var.acephala )Synonym: borecole Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds ofBrassica oleracea . ( cooking ) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.( dated , slang ) Money .1921 ,Edgar Rice Burroughs ,The Efficiency Expert [1] , HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published2012 :I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of hiskale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.
edible plant:Brassica oleracea acephala
Afrikaans:boerkool Albanian:lakër jeshile Arabic:كُرْنُب أَجْعَد ( kurnub ʔajʕad ) Bulgarian:къдраво зеле n ( kǎdravo zele ) Catalan:col arrissada Chinese:Mandarin:羽衣甘藍 / 羽衣甘蓝 ( yǔyī gānlán ) Czech:kadeřávek (cs) m Danish:grønkål c Dutch:boerenkool (nl) f Esperanto:krispa brasiko (eo) Faroese:grønkál n Finnish:lehtikaali (fi) French:chou frisé (fr) m Galician:col (gl) f ,verza (gl) f Georgian:კალე ( ḳale ) ,ხუჭუჭა კომბოსტო ( xuč̣uč̣a ḳombosṭo ) German:Grünkohl (de) ,Federkohl m ( Switzerland ) Greek:λαχανίδα (el) f ( lachanída ) Hungarian:kel (hu) ,fodros kel (hu) ,leveles kel Icelandic:grænkál (is) Irish:cál m Italian:cavolo nero m ,cavolo riccio m Japanese:ケール ( kēru ) ,緑葉甘藍 ( ryokuyō kanran ) ,羽衣甘藍 ( hagoromo kanran ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:کەیڵ ( keyll ) Kyrgyz:бакча капустасы (ky) ( bakca kapustası ) ,жем капуста (ky) ( jem kapusta ) Lao:ຜັກຜະລິດນ້າ ( phak pha lit nā ) Latin:crambe f Low German:Dutch Low Saxon:mous ( Gronings ) Macedonian:кељ m ( kelj ) ,кел m ( kel ) Norwegian:grønnkål c Persian:کلم برگ ( kalam barg ) Polish:jarmuż (pl) m Portuguese:couve-de-folhas f Romanian:varză verde f Russian:кале́ (ru) n ( kalé ) ,листова́я капу́ста f ( listovája kapústa ) ,грюнко́ль (ru) m ( grjunkólʹ ) ,браунко́ль m ( braunkólʹ ) Scots:kail Serbo-Croatian:kelj (sh) m ,кељ m Slovak:kel m Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:zeleny kał m ,wuchacowy kał m Spanish:col rizada f ,kale (es) m ( keil ) ,repollo crespo m ,berza rizosa f Swedish:grönkål (sv) c Thai:please add this translation if you can Turkish:lahana (tr) ,kelem (tr) Ukrainian:кейл ( kejl ) Vietnamese:cải xoăn Welsh:bresych deiliog (cy) m ,cêl (cy) m
Borrowed fromFrench cailler , fromLatin coāgulō .
kale
( Uri ) tocongeal ,curdle Borrowed fromLatin callem .
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street “kale ”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy ] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ] “kale ”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary ],Euskaltzaindia ,1987–2005 kale
masculine singular present transgressive ofkalit kale
inflection ofkaal : masculine / feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive FromProto-Finnic *kalëh ( “ husk, chaff ” ) , probably borrowed and derived fromProto-Germanic *skalō .
IPA (key ) : /ˈkɑleˣ/ ,[ˈkɑ̝le̞(ʔ)] Rhymes:-ɑle Syllabification(key ) :ka‧le Hyphenation(key ) :ka‧le kale
( botany ) glume Perhaps fromCatalan cal , from the verbcaldre ; perhaps influenced byPortuguese cabe , from the verbcaber .
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( defective ) should orought to This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!
kalè
instrumental singular ofkalė̃ ( “ bitch ” ) kãle
vocative singular ofkãle ( “ bitch ” ) kale
locative singular ofkał kale (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨙ )
body kale
alternative form ofcol fromFrench caler
kale
to hold or block with a wedge kale
house IPA (key ) : /ˈka.lɛ/ Rhymes:-alɛ Syllabification:ka‧le kale m
locative / vocative singular ofkał kale
inflection ofkalo : nominative plural oblique masculine singular / feminine singular / plural kale (Cyrillic spelling кале )
third-person plural present ofkáliti kale (Cyrillic spelling кале )
accusative plural ofkal From the fossilized class 12 form of the distal demonstrative-le .
kale classIX (plural kale classX )
antiquity , thepast -a kale (invariable )
ancient ,old kale
definite natural masculine singular ofkal Inherited fromOttoman Turkish قلعه ( kal'a ) ,قله ( kale ) , fromClassical Persian قلعه ( qal'a ) , fromArabic قَلْعَةٌ ( qalʕatun ,“ fort, fortress ” ) . Compare alsoAzerbaijani qala ,Uzbek qala ,Kazakh қала ( qala ) , etc.
IPA (key ) : /kɑˈle/ ,[kɑ̈.l̠ʲe̞] Hyphenation:ka‧le kale (definite accusative kaleyi ,plural kaleler )
fort ,castle ,fortress ,stronghold ( chess ) rook ( sports ) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put the ball)( politics ) stronghold (of an ideology)