Brussels sprouts
Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current form perhaps as early as the 13th c.[1] Sprout is from Old English -sprutan (in asprutan (“to sprout”); cognate with Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, modern Dutch spruit (“sprout; Brussels sprout”), Old High German spriozan, German sprießen (“to sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).
Brussels sprout (plural Brussels sprouts)
- (chiefly in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.
- (slang, derogatory) An unintelligent person.
2021 November 5, “No Nut November”, in Big Mouth, season 5, episode 1:Wrong! Lola's right here, you fucking Brussels sprout.
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- Arabic: كُرُنْب بْرُوكْسِل m (kurunb brūksil)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: bruselaza
- Belarusian: брусе́льская капу́ста f (brusjélʹskaja kapústa), брусэ́льская капу́ста f (brusélʹskaja kapústa)
- Bulgarian: брю́кселско зе́ле n (brjúkselsko zéle)
- Catalan: col de Brussel·les f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 球芽甘藍/球芽甘蓝 (qiúyá gānlán), 抱子甘藍/抱子甘蓝 (zh) (bào zǐ gānlán), 芽甘藍/芽甘蓝 (yágānlán)
- Czech: růžičková kapusta f
- Danish: rosenkål c
- Dutch: spruit (nl) sg, spruiten (nl) pl, usually in the diminutive plural form: spruitje (nl), spruitkool (nl)
- Esperanto: burĝonbrasiko (eo)
- Estonian: rooskapsas, brüsseli kapsas
- Finnish: ruusukaali (fi), brysselinkaali (fi)
- French: chou de Bruxelles (fr) m
- Galician: col de Bruxelas (gl) f
- Georgian: ბრიუსელის კომბოსტო (briuselis ḳombosṭo)
- German: Rosenkohl (de) m, Sprossen (de) f pl (Austria), Kohlsprosse (de) f (Austria), Sprossenkohl m
- Greek: λάχανο βρυξελλών n (láchano vryxellón)
- Hebrew: כרוב ניצנים m (kruv nitsaním)
- Hungarian: kelbimbó (hu)
- Icelandic: rósakál n
- Irish: bachlóg (ga) f, bachlóg Bhruiséile f
- Italian: cavolino di Bruxelles m, cavoletto di Bruxelles m
- Japanese: 芽キャベツ (めキャベツ, mekyabetsu), コモチカンラン (komochikanran), 子持ち甘藍 (こもちかんらん, komochikanran)
- Korean: 방울다다기 (bang'uldadagi), 방울다다기양배추 (bang'uldadagiyangbaechu)
- Latvian: Briseles kāposts m
- Lithuanian: briuselio kopūstas
- Macedonian: прокељ m (prokelj), бриселско зелје n (briselsko zelje), бриселски зелкички f pl (briselski zelkički)
- Maltese: kaboċċi żgħar, kaboċċi ta’ Brussel
- Maori: aonanī
- Navajo: atʼééké bijish yázhí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rosenkål m
- Nynorsk: rosenkål m
- Persian: کلم بروکسل (kalam-e bruksel)
- Polish: brukselka (pl) f, kapusta brukselska f
- Portuguese: couve-de-bruxelas (pt) f
- Romanian: varză de Bruxelles (ro) f
- Russian: брюссе́льская капу́ста (ru) f (brjussélʹskaja kapústa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кељ пупчар m, прокељ m
- Roman: kelj pupčar m, prokelj m
- Slovak: ružičková kapusta f
- Slovene: brstični ohrovt (sl) m
- Spanish: col de Bruselas f
- Swedish: brysselkål (sv) c, rosenkål (sv) c
- Tagalog: usbong ng Bruselas
- Tajik: ғужмкарам (ġužmkaram), карами брюсселӣ (karam-i bryusseli)
- Thai: กะหล่ำดาว (gà-làm-daao), กะหล่ำหัวลำต้น
- Turkish: Brüksel lahanası (tr)
- Ukrainian: брюссе́льська капу́ста f (brjussélʹsʹka kapústa)
- Volapük: sprotianabrasid (vo)
- Walloon: sprôte (wa) f
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- ^ Gregory E. Welbaum (2015) Vegetable Production and Practices, CABI, →ISBN, page 330