swede

Swede.

See also Swede

English

Etymology

From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swiːd/
• Homophone: Swede

Noun

swede (plural swedes)

1. (chiefly UK) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
2. The plant from which this is obtained.
3. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The turnip.

Synonyms

• (plant): rutabaga (US, Canada)
• (vegetable): rutabaga (US, Canada), neep (Scotland), yellow turnip (US), winter turnip

Translations

yellow root of Brassica napus

• Belarusian: бручка f
• Breton: irvin-saoz collective noun
• Bulgarian: брюква (bg) (brjukva) f
• Czech: tuřín (cs) m
• Danish: kålroe (da)
• Dutch: koolraap (nl) f
• Estonian: kaalikas (et)
• Finnish: lanttu (fi)
• French: rutabaga (fr) m, chou-navet (fr) m
• German: Kohlrübe (de) f, Steckrübe (de) f
• Greek: γουλί (el) (gulí) n
• Irish: svaeid (ga) m
• Italian: ravizzone (it) f
• Japanese: カブハボタン (kabuhabotan), カブカンラン (ja) (kabukanran)

• Jèrriais: suidiche f
• Korean: 무 (mu), 나복 (nabok)
• Macedonian: жолто цвекло (mk) (žólto cvéklo) n
• Norwegian: kålrot (no)
• Polish: brukiew (pl) f
• Romanian: nap (ro)
• Russian: брюква (ru) (brjúkva) f
• Scottish Gaelic: snèap (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: репа (sh)

  Roman: repa (sh)

• Slovak: kvaka (sk) f
• Swedish: kålrot (sv) c
• Turkish: şalgam (tr)

plant

• Belarusian: бручка f
• Breton: irvin-saoz collective noun
• Bulgarian: брюква (bg) (brjukva) f
• Czech: tuřín (cs) m
• Danish: kålroe (da)
• Dutch: koolraap (nl) f
• Finnish: lanttu (fi)
• French: rutabaga m, chou-navet m
• German: Kohlrübe (de) f
• Italian: ravizzone (it) f
• Japanese: カブハボタン (kabuhabotan)
• Jèrriais: suidiche f

• Korean: 무 (mu), 나복 (nabok)
• Macedonian: жолто цвекло (mk) (žólto cvéklo) n
• Norwegian: kålrot (no)
• Polish: brukiew f
• Russian: брюква (ru) (brjúkva) f
• Scottish Gaelic: snèap (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: репа (sh)

  Roman: repa (sh)

• Slovak: kvaka (sk)
• Swedish: kålrot (sv) c
• Turkish: şalgam (tr)

turnip — see turnip

Anagrams

• sewed, weeds