From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From 16th century [en], equivalent to [en] (from [en]) + [en], reformed to
more closely match the Latin etymon. Cognate with [fr], [it]. [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [Brassica oleracea var. botrytis] , an annual variety of cabbage , of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
2. * [en]
3. The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
4. The swelling of a cauliflower ear .
5. * [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Descendants
- [ja] [カリフラワー]
**** Translations
[vegetable]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Atong (India): [aot]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my] , [my]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [Austria] [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] [obsolete]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Ladino: [lad]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Low German:
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Navajo: [nv] , [nv]
- Nepali: [ne] , [ne] , [ne]
- Norman: [nrf]
- North Frisian: [frr] [Sylt]
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Saterland Frisian: [stq]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh] , [sh] , [sh]
- Silesian: [szl]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sotho: [st]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy] , [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Wolof: [wo] , [wo]
[trans-bottom]
[edible head of a cauliflower plant]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Elfdalian: [ovd]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] [obsolete]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Ladino: [lad]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne] , [ne] , [ne]
- Northern Sami: [se]
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Silesian: [szl]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Cornish: [kw]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Hebrew: [he] (kruvít)
- Indonesian: [id] ; kubis bunga
- Latin: [la]
- Neapolitan: [nap]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Persian: [fa]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] [Northern Spain]
- Thai: [th] (dòk gà-làm)
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Zulu: [zu]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1947 | author=Elliott Chaze | title=The Stainless Steel Kimono | page=49
|passage=I noticed his right ear was badly CAULIFLOWERED and that explained a
number of things. It wasn't a new job of CAULIFLOWERING.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1960 | title=Transactions of the British Ceramic Society | page=281
|passage=Returning to your first point, the CAULIFLOWERING of magnesite bricks
— we presume that this is due to your using high concentrations of oxygen for
blowing the furnace, giving high checker-temperatures.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1974 | author=Alexander G. Weygers | title=The Modern Blacksmith | page=39
|passage=The soft steel of the back edge by now has CAULIFLOWERED over from
hammering on it.}}
[en]