colza

English

Colza

Etymology

From French colza, from Dutch koolzaad (“cabbage seed, (later) colza”), from Middle Dutch coolsaet, from kool (“cole”) +‎ zaad (“seed”).

Noun

colza (uncountable)

1. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.

Derived terms

• colza oil

Translations

cabbage variety

• Belarusian: рапс m (raps)
• Bulgarian: ра́пица f (rápica)
• Catalan: colza (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芥花 (jièhuā)

• Czech: řepka olejka f
• Danish: raps c
• Dutch: koolzaad (nl) n
• Finnish: rapsi (fi)
• French: colza (fr) m, chou (fr) m
• German: Raps (de) m
• Hungarian: repce (hu)
• Italian: colza (it) f
• Norwegian: raps m
• Persian: کلزا (kolzâ)
• Polish: rzepak (pl) m
• Portuguese: colza (pt) f
• Russian: рапс (ru) m (raps)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уљана репица f

  Latin: uljana repica f

• Slovak: repica olejnatá f
• Slovene: oljna repica f
• Spanish: colza f
• Swedish: raps (sv) c
• Turkish: kolza (tr), kanola
• Ukrainian: ріпа́к m (ripák), рапс m (raps)

Anagrams

• -zolac

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞l.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkɔl.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkol.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

colza f (plural colzes)

1. colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “colza”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French colzat, from Dutch koolzaad (“cabbage seed, (later) colza”), from Middle Dutch coolsaet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl.za/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

Noun

colza m (plural colzas)

1. (originally) oilseed rape
2. canola

Descendants

• → Catalan: colza
• → English: colza
• → Italian: colza
• → Portuguese: colza
• → Spanish: colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza.

Noun

colza f (plural colze)

1. oilseed rape (plant Brassica napus)
2. canola

Anagrams

• calzo, calzò

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza, from Dutch koolzaad.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.zɐ/ [ˈkoʊ̯.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.zɐ/ [ˈkoʊ̯.zɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkow.za/ [ˈkoʊ̯.za]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.zɐ/ [ˈkoɫ.zɐ]

• Homophone: cousa (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -olzɐ, -owzɐ
• Hyphenation: col‧za

Noun

colza f (plural colzas)

1. colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza, from Dutch koolzaad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolθa/ [ˈkol̟.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkolsa/ [ˈkol.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -olθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -olsa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: col‧za

Noun

colza f (plural colzas)

1. canola

Derived terms

• aceite de colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025