kale
English
editEtymology
editFrom Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /keɪl/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kæɪl/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪl
- Hyphenation: kale
Noun
editkale (usually uncountable, plural kales)
- An edible plant, similar to cabbage, 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 of Brassica 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, published 2012:
- I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: ケール (kēru)
Translations
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Anagrams
editAlemannic German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French cailler, from Latin coāgulō.
Verb
editkale
References
edit- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.
Basque
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkale inan
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | kale | kalea | kaleak |
ergative | kalek | kaleak | kaleek |
dative | kaleri | kaleari | kaleei |
genitive | kaleren | kalearen | kaleen |
comitative | kalerekin | kalearekin | kaleekin |
causative | kalerengatik | kalearengatik | kaleengatik |
benefactive | kalerentzat | kalearentzat | kaleentzat |
instrumental | kalez | kaleaz | kaleez |
inessive | kaletan | kalean | kaleetan |
locative | kaletako | kaleko | kaleetako |
allative | kaletara | kalera | kaleetara |
terminative | kaletaraino | kaleraino | kaleetaraino |
directive | kaletarantz | kalerantz | kaleetarantz |
destinative | kaletarako | kalerako | kaleetarako |
ablative | kaletatik | kaletik | kaleetatik |
partitive | kalerik | — | — |
prolative | kaletzat | — | — |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “kale”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “kale”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Czech
editPronunciation
editVerb
editkale
Dutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editkale
- inflection of kaal:
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *kalëh (“husk, chaff”), probably borrowed and derived from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkale
Declension
editInflection of kale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kale | kaleet | |
genitive | kaleen | kaleiden kaleitten | |
partitive | kaletta | kaleita | |
illative | kaleeseen | kaleisiin kaleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kale | kaleet | |
accusative | nom. | kale | kaleet |
gen. | kaleen | ||
genitive | kaleen | kaleiden kaleitten | |
partitive | kaletta | kaleita | |
inessive | kaleessa | kaleissa | |
elative | kaleesta | kaleista | |
illative | kaleeseen | kaleisiin kaleihin | |
adessive | kaleella | kaleilla | |
ablative | kaleelta | kaleilta | |
allative | kaleelle | kaleille | |
essive | kaleena | kaleina | |
translative | kaleeksi | kaleiksi | |
abessive | kaleetta | kaleitta | |
instructive | — | kalein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “kale”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
editLadino
editVerb
editkale
Lithuanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkalè
- instrumental singular of kalė̃ (“bitch”)
Noun
editkãle
Lower Sorbian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkale
Makasar
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkale (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨙ)
Moore
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editkale
- to hold or block with a wedge
Morelos Nahuatl
editNoun
editkale
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkale m
Romani
editAdjective
editkale
Serbo-Croatian
editVerb
editkale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
Noun
editkale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
- accusative plural of kal
Swahili
editEtymology
editFrom the fossilized class 12 form of the distal demonstrative -le.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkale (n class, plural kale)
Adjective
edit-a kale (invariable)
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editSwedish
editAdjective
editkale
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kal'a), قله (kale), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fort, fortress”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkale (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)
Declension
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Nominative | kale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Definite accusative | kaleyi | kaleleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | kaleye | kalelere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kalede | kalelerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kale”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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