colza

English

Wikispecies

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.

Translations

cabbage variety

• Bulgarian: ра̀пица f (ràpica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芥花 (jièhuā)

• Czech: řepka olejka f
• 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
• Polish: rzepak (pl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: colza (pt) f
• Persian: کلزا (kolzâ)
• Russian: рапс (ru) m (raps)
• Slovak: repica olejnatá f
• Slovene: oljna repica f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уљана репица f

  Latin: uljana repica f

• Spanish: colza f

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl.za/

Noun

colza m (plural colzas)

1. (originally) oilseed rape
2. canola

Descendants

• → 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.

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Italian

Etymology

French colza.

Noun

colza f (plural colze)

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

French colza.

Noun

colza f (plural colzas)

1. colza

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Spanish

Etymology

From French colza, from Dutch koolzaad

Noun

colza f (plural colzas)

1. canola