broccoli

See also Broccoli

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”), from whence also brocade, from Latin broccus, of Gaulish origin, related to Gaelic brog (“awl”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/, X-SAMPA: /"br\Q.k@.li/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/, /ˈbɹɑk.li/, X-SAMPA: /"br\A.k@.li/, /"br\Ak.li/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

broccoli (plural broccolis or broccoli)

1. A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

Derived terms

• broccoflower
• broccoloid

Related terms

• brocade

Translations

plant Brassica oleracea var. italica

• Arabic: بركولي (ar) (brukuuli) m

  Egyptian Arabic: بروكلي (brukli) m pl

• Bulgarian: броколи (bg) (brokoli) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西蘭花 (cmn), 西兰花 (cmn) (xīlánhuā)

• Czech: brokolice (cs) f
• Danish: broccoli (da) c
• Esperanto: brokolo (eo)
• Estonian: spargelkapsas (et), asparkapsas (et), brokoli (et)
• Finnish: parsakaali (fi)
• French: brocoli (fr) m
• German: Broccoli (de) m
• Greek: ανθοκράμβη (el) (anthokrámvi) f, (colloquial) μπρόκολο (el) (brókolo) n
• Hungarian: brokkoli (hu)
• Icelandic: spergilkál (is) n
• Italian: broccolo (it) m

• Japanese: ブロッコリ (ja) (burokkori)
• Jèrriais: brécolîn m
• Korean: 브로콜리 (ko) (beurokolli)
• Macedonian: брокола (mk) (brókolа) f, броколи (mk) (brókoli) pl
• Malay: brokoli (ms)
• Maltese: brokkola f
• Navajo: chʼilzooł
• Norwegian: brokkoli (no)
• Polish: brokuł (pl) m
• Portuguese: brócolis (pt) m pl
• Romanian: broccoli (ro) m pl
• Russian: брокколи (ru) (brókkoli) f
• Slovene: brokoli (sl) m
• Spanish: brécol (es) m, bróculi (es) m
• Turkish: brokoli (tr)
• Volapük: sparagabrasid (vo)

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Danish

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Etymology

From Italian broccolo.

Noun

broccoli c (singular definite broccolien, plural indefinite broccoli)

1. broccoli

Inflection

    Inflection of broccoli

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	broccoli	broccolien	broccoli	broccoliene
genitive	broccolis	broccoliens	broccolis	broccolienes

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbrɔk.̚ko.li], /ˈbrɔkkoli/, X-SAMPA: /"brOk.ko.li/

• Audio (IT)

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Noun

broccoli m

1. Plural form of broccolo