cabbage

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: CABG (one pronunciation)
 * Homophones: CABG (one pronunciation)
 * Homophones: CABG (one pronunciation)
 * Homophones: CABG (one pronunciation)

Etymology 1
From, a borrowing from  , a northern variant of , of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from, others from (said to be an expressive prefix) +  (whence ).

Noun



 * 1) An edible plant  having a head of green leaves.
 * 2)  The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
 * Cabbage is good for you.
 * 1)  A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
 * After the car crash, he became a cabbage.
 * 1)  Money.
 * 2)  Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
 * 3) The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
 * 4) The , a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
 * 5)  The human head.
 * 1) The , a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
 * 2)  The human head.

Synonyms

 * cabbage plant, cole

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ጎመን
 * Arabic: مَلْفُوف, كُرُنْب
 * Egyptian Arabic: كرنب
 * Gulf Arabic: مَلْفُوف
 * Hijazi Arabic: كُرُنْب
 * Moroccan Arabic: مكور
 * North Levantine Arabic: مَلْفُوف
 * South Levantine Arabic: مَلْفُوف
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: verdzu, cucean
 * Assamese: বন্ধাকবি
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: кәбеҫтә
 * Basque: aza
 * Belarusian: капу́ста
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bikol Central:
 * Brunei Malay: kubis
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏧᏆᏅᏕᎾ, ᏧᎦᎾᏕᎾ
 * Cheyenne: vóhpó'ėstse
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 椰菜
 * Dungan: лянхуабый
 * Hokkien: 高麗菜
 * Mandarin:, , , , , 疙瘩白, , ,
 * Wu: 捲心菜
 * Chukchi: юӈэв
 * Chuvash: купӑста
 * Cornish: kowlen, kavach
 * Crimean Tatar: qapısta
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dhivehi: ކެބެޖް
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: hvítkál
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: cauli, brocul, verge, verze
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian:, ხვიტი, კეჟერა
 * Old Georgian: კალნაბი
 * German:
 * Central Franconian: Kappes
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κράμβη
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , बंद गोभी, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: kapusta
 * Irish: cabáiste, cál
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kannada:
 * Kashubian: kapùsta
 * Kazakh: қырыққабат, орамжапырақ, капуста
 * Khmer: ស្ពៃក្ដោប,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەلەرم
 * Northern Kurdish: kebic,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ກາດຫໍ່, ກະລຳປີ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kāposti
 * Lezgi: келем
 * Lithuanian: kopūstas
 * Low German: Kool
 * Lü: ᦕᧅᦂᦱᧆᦠᦸᧈ
 * Luganda: emboga
 * Macedonian: зелка
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: kaboċċa
 * Manipuri:
 * Maori: kāpiti, nīko
 * Marathi: कोबी
 * Miyako: 玉菜
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠢᠴᠠᠢ, ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠷᠡᠩᠬᠡᠢ ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠭ᠎ᠠ
 * Navajo: chʼil łigaii, atʼééké bijish
 * Nepali:, बन्दगोभी
 * Norman: caboche
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hodekål,
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Okinawan: 玉菜
 * Old East Slavic: капуста
 * Old English: cāwel
 * Oromo: raafuu
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Komst
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਬੰਦ ਗੋਭੀ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: giabus, gibus, gibo, baguos, tiasta, cavazza
 * Russian:
 * Rwanda-Rundi: ishu
 * Sardinian: càule
 * Saterland Frisian: Kool
 * Scots: cabbitch, kail
 * Scottish Gaelic: càl
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ку̀пус, зе̑ље
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:, , ,
 * Silesian: kapusta
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: sallar
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:, , berza
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: repolyo
 * Tajik:
 * Taos: kùliʼína
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:, กะหล่ำใบ
 * Tigrinya: ካውሎ
 * Translingual: Brassica oleracea var. capitata
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Turkmen: kellem, kelem
 * Tày: phjắc cát
 * Ukrainian: капу́ста
 * Urdu: گوبھی, پتہ گوبھی, بند گوبھی
 * Uyghur: كاپۇستا
 * Uzbek:, kapusta
 * Venetian: càvol, càorlo, càoło
 * Vietnamese: cải bắp
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קרויט
 * Yoron: 甘藍
 * Yoruba: kábéèjì
 * Zhuang: byaekgienjsim, byaeklup


 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: itʼąąʼłibaahí
 * Arabic: مَلْفُوف, كُرُنْب
 * Egyptian Arabic: كرنب
 * Gulf Arabic: مَلْفُوف
 * Hijazi Arabic: كُرُنْب
 * Moroccan Arabic: مكور
 * North Levantine Arabic: مَلْفُوف
 * South Levantine Arabic: مَلْفُوف
 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: кәбеҫтә
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᏧᏆᏅᏕᎾ, ᏧᎦᎾᏕᎾ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: kowlen, kavach
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Elfdalian: ką̊l
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: kál
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Central Franconian: Kappes
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κράμβη
 * Greenlandic: qunguleq
 * Hawaiian: kāpiki
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , बंद गोभी, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: cabáiste, cál
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kannada:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Luxembourgish: Kabes
 * Macedonian: зелка
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:, മുട്ടക്കൂസ്
 * Maltese: werqa tal-kaboċċa
 * Maori: nīko
 * Miyako: 玉菜
 * Navajo: ch'il łighai
 * Nepali:, बन्दगोभी
 * Norman: caboche
 * Okinawan: 玉菜
 * Old English: cāwel
 * Oromo: raafuu
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Komst
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਬੰਦ ਗੋਭੀ
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: giabus
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: càule
 * Scottish Gaelic: càl
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: купус, зеље
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kał
 * Spanish:, , berza
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: ใบกะหล่ำ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: капу́ста
 * Urdu: گوبھی, پتہ گوبھی, بند گوبھی
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: ,
 * Wolof: suppome
 * Yiddish: קרויט
 * Yoron: 甘藍
 * Yoruba: kábéèjì


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 植物人
 * Mandarin:
 * Teochew: 植物人
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เป็นผัก
 * Tày: phjắc cát


 * Bulgarian: книжни пари
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To form a head like that of the cabbage.
 * 2)  To do nothing; to idle; veg out.
 * 3)  To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.
 * 1)  To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.
 * 1)  To be killed or murdered, such as by being shot in the head.

Etymology 2
Unclear. Perhaps from, from 🇨🇬, from. Alternatively, perhaps from an earlier word, a potential variant of.

Noun

 * 1)  Scraps of cloth which are left after a garment has been cut out, which tailors traditionally kept.

Verb

 * 1)  To embezzle or purloin; to pilfer, to steal.