kale
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare English cole, Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis and gobi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale (usually uncountable, plural kales)
- An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- Synonym: borecole
- Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
- (cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
- (dated, slang) Money.
- 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012:
- I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Japanese: ケール (kēru)
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Alemannic German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French cailler, from Latin coāgulō.
Verb[edit]
kale
References[edit]
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.
Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Proto-Basque *kaLe, ultimately from Latin callem, accusative singular of callis (“path”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale inan
Declension[edit]
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | kale | kalea | kaleak |
ergative | kalek | kaleak | kaleek |
dative | kaleri | kaleari | kaleei |
genitive | kaleren | kalearen | kaleen |
comitative | kalerekin | kalearekin | kaleekin |
causative | kalerengatik | kalearengatik | kaleengatik |
benefactive | kalerentzat | kalearentzat | kaleentzat |
instrumental | kalez | kaleaz | kaleez |
inessive | kaletan | kalean | kaleetan |
locative | kaletako | kaleko | kaleetako |
allative | kaletara | kalera | kaleetara |
terminative | kaletaraino | kaleraino | kaleetaraino |
directive | kaletarantz | kalerantz | kaleetarantz |
destinative | kaletarako | kalerako | kaleetarako |
ablative | kaletatik | kaletik | kaleetatik |
partitive | kalerik | — | — |
prolative | kaletzat | — | — |
Further reading[edit]
- "kale" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “kale” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kale
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
kale
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kale | kaleet | ||
genitive | kaleen | kaleiden kaleitten | ||
partitive | kaletta | kaleita | ||
illative | kaleeseen | kaleisiin kaleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kale | kaleet | ||
accusative | nom. | kale | kaleet | |
gen. | kaleen | |||
genitive | kaleen | kaleiden kaleitten | ||
partitive | kaletta | kaleita | ||
inessive | kaleessa | kaleissa | ||
elative | kaleesta | kaleista | ||
illative | kaleeseen | kaleisiin kaleihin | ||
adessive | kaleella | kaleilla | ||
ablative | kaleelta | kaleilta | ||
allative | kaleelle | kaleille | ||
essive | kaleena | kaleina | ||
translative | kaleeksi | kaleiksi | ||
instructive | — | kalein | ||
abessive | kaleetta | kaleitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Ladino[edit]
Verb[edit]
kale
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale
Makasar[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨙ)
Moore[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
kale
- to hold or block with a wedge
Morelos Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale m
Romani[edit]
Adjective[edit]
kale
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Verb[edit]
kale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
Noun[edit]
kale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
- accusative plural of kal
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the fossilized class 12 form of the distal demonstrative -le.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
kale (n class, plural kale)
Adjective[edit]
-a kale (invariable)
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fort, fortress”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kale (definite accusative kaleyi, plural kaleler)
- fort, castle, fortress, stronghold
- (chess) rook
- (sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put the ball)
- (politics) stronghold (of an ideology)
Declension[edit]
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Nominative | kale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kaleyi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | kale | kaleler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | kaleyi | kaleleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | kaleye | kalelere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kalede | kalelerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | kaleden | kalelerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | kalenin | kalelerin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kale”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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