red cabbage
A form of cabbage having red leaves, Brassica oleracea varA form of cabbage having red leaves, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra.
» At Christmas, one eats roast goose, red cabbage, and wheat buns.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable, usually)A form of cabbage having red leaves, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra.
Rotkohl
кра́сная капу́стаkrásnaja kapústa, краснокоча́нная капу́стаkrasnokočánnaja kapústa
compact head of purplish-red leaves
(uncountable, usually)Food made from the leaves of the plant.
cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves
Examples
2 sentencesAt Christmas, one eats roast goose, red cabbage, and wheat buns.
We had a Bavarian pork roast with red cabbage.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: red cabbages| Singular | red cabbage |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.