swede

Swede.

See also Swede

English

Etymology

The Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700's -> Swedish turnip -> swede.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swiːd/

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. Bosnian: repa (bs) Breton: irvin-saoz collective noun Bulgarian: брюква (bg) f. Croatian: repa (hr) 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. Italian: ravizzone (it) f. Japanese: カブハボタン (kabuhabotan), カブカンラン (ja) (kabukanran) 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. Swedish: kålrot (sv) c. Turkish: şalgam (tr)

plant

Belarusian: бручка f. Bosnian: repa (bs) Breton: irvin-saoz collective noun Bulgarian: брюква (bg) f. Croatian: repa (hr) 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) 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. Swedish: kålrot (sv) c. Turkish: şalgam (tr)

turnip — see turnip

Anagrams

• sewed
• weeds