cabbage
An edible plant having a head of green leavesAn edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
» I need three large onions and a head of cabbage.
Мені потрібні три великі цибулини та головка капусти. — deniko
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12 senses(countable, uncountable)An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.
Kopfkohl, Kohl
коча́нная капу́стаkočánnaja kapústa, капу́стаkapústa
капу́стаkapústa
(uncountable)The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
Cabbage is good for you.
Kohl
капу́стаkapústa
капу́стаkapústa
(countable, offensive)A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
о́вощóvošč
(countable, uncountable)Used as a term of endearment.
(slang, uncountable)Money.
капу́стаkapústa
informal terms for money
(slang, uncountable)Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
(countable, uncountable)A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
(countable, uncountable)A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A human head.
(countable, slang, uncountable)Synonym of spinach (“thick rough”).
That shot left me in the cabbage!
(slang, uncountable)Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.
Examples
81 sentencesI need three large onions and a head of cabbage.
Мені потрібні три великі цибулини та головка капусти. — deniko
Tom likes all vegetables except cabbage.
Тому подобаються всі овочі, окрім капусти. — lingvokrolik
ruТом любит все овощи, кроме капусты. — marafon
deAn Gemüse mag Tom alles außer Kohl. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is chopping cabbage.
Том нарізає капусту. — deniko
He likes vegetables, especially cabbage.
Йому подобаються овочі, особливо капуста. — lingvokrolik
deEr mag Gemüse, besonders Kohl. — Tamy
Tom eats any vegetable except cabbage.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).
Unclear. Perhaps from Dutch *kabbassen, from Old French cabasser (“put into a basket”), from cabas. Alternatively, perhaps from an earlier word *carbage (“shred”), a potential variant of *garbage (“wheat straw”).
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Forms
plural: cabbagesSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable