cauliflower

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• UK: /ˈkɒl.i.flaʊ.ə/
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• US: /ˈkɔl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/
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From 16th century cole-florye, equivalent to cole (from Latin caulis) + flower, reformed to more closely match the Latin etymon.By surface analysis, caul(is) + -i- + flower. Cognate with French chou-fleur, Italian cavolfiore.

206 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: blomkool — vegetable
• Albanian: lulelakër — vegetable
• Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ) — vegetable
• Arabic: قُنَّبِيط (qunnabīṭ) — vegetable
• Arabic: قرنبيط (ʔarnabīṭ) — vegetable
• Arabic: قرنبيط (garnabīṭ) — vegetable
• Aragonese: pella — vegetable
• Armenian: ծաղկակաղամբ (caġkakaġamb) — vegetable
• Atong (India): phulkobi — vegetable
• Basque: azalore — vegetable
• Belarusian: цвятна́я капу́ста (cvjatnája kapústa) — vegetable
• Bulgarian: карнаби́т (karnabít) — vegetable
• Bulgarian: карфио́л (karfiól) — vegetable
• Burmese: ဂေါ်ဖီပန်း (gauhpipan:) — vegetable
• Burmese: ပန်းမုန်လာ (pan:munla) — vegetable
• Burmese: ပန်းဂေါ်ဖီ (pan:gauhpi) — vegetable
• Catalan: coliflor — vegetable
• Catalan: bròquil blanc — vegetable
• Chinese Cantonese: 椰菜花 (je4 coi3 faa1) — vegetable
• Chinese Mandarin: 花椰菜 (huāyēcài) — vegetable
• Chinese Mandarin: 菜花 (càihuā) — vegetable
• Chinese Mandarin: 花菜 (huācài) — vegetable
• Czech: květák — vegetable
• Czech: karfiól — vegetable
• Danish: blomkål — vegetable
• Dutch: bloemkool — vegetable
• Esperanto: florbrasiko — vegetable
• Estonian: lillkapsas — vegetable
• Faroese: blómkál — vegetable
• Finnish: kukkakaali — vegetable
• French: chou-fleur — vegetable
• North Frisian: Bloomkual — vegetable
• Saterland Frisian: Bloumenkool — vegetable
• West-Frisian: blomkoal — vegetable
• Friulian: cauliflôr — vegetable
• Galician: coliflor — vegetable
• Georgian: კალნაბი (ḳalnabi) — vegetable
• Georgian: ყვავილოვანი კომბოსტო (q̇vavilovani ḳombosṭo) — vegetable
• German: Blumenkohl — vegetable
• German: Karfiol — vegetable
• Greek: κουνουπίδι (kounoupídi) — vegetable
• Ancient Greek: κάνωπον (kánōpon) — vegetable
• Greenlandic: blomkåli — vegetable
• Hebrew: כְּרוּבִית (kruvít) — vegetable
• Hindi: गोभी (gobhī) — vegetable
• Hindi: गोबी (gobī) — vegetable
• Hindi: फूल गोभी (phūl gobhī) — vegetable
• Hindi: कोबी (kobī) — vegetable
• Hungarian: karfiol — vegetable
• Hungarian: kelvirág — vegetable
• Icelandic: blómkál — vegetable
• Ido: florkaulo — vegetable
• Indonesian: blumkol — vegetable
• Indonesian: kubis bunga — vegetable
• Indonesian: kembang kol — vegetable
• Ingrian: kukkakapusta — vegetable
• Irish: cóilis — vegetable
• Italian: cavolfiore — vegetable
• Japanese: カリフラワー (karifurawā) — vegetable
• Japanese: 花野菜 (hanayasai) — vegetable
• Japanese: 花甘藍 (hanakanran) — vegetable
• Japanese: 花キャベツ (hanakyabetsu) — vegetable
• Korean: 꽃양배추 (kkochyangbaechu) — vegetable
• Korean: 콜리플라워 (kollipeullawo) — vegetable
• Central Kurdish: گوڵەکەلەم (gullekelem) — vegetable
• Central Kurdish: قەڕنابیت (qerrnabît) — vegetable
• Central Kurdish: قەڕنابی (qerrnabî) — vegetable
• Northern Kurdish: gulkelem — vegetable
• Ladino: kanaveta — vegetable
• Latin: brassica oleracea var. botrytis — vegetable
• Latin: brassica oleracea — vegetable
• Latvian: ziedkāposts — vegetable
• Lithuanian: žiedinis kopūstas — vegetable
• Lithuanian: žiedbastučiai — vegetable
• Macedonian: карфио́л (karfiól) — vegetable
• Malay: kubis bunga — vegetable
• Maltese: pastard — vegetable
• Māori: kareparāoa — vegetable
• Māori: pūputi — vegetable
• Mongolian: цэцэгт байцаа (cecegt bajcaa) — vegetable
• Navajo: chʼil łigaii — vegetable
• Navajo: sęęschʼil — vegetable
• Nepali: गोभी (gobhī) — vegetable
• Nepali: कोपी२ (kopī2) — vegetable
• Nepali: काउली१ (kāulī1) — vegetable
• Norman: chou-flieur — vegetable
• Norwegian Bokmål: blomkål — vegetable
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blomkål — vegetable
• Pashto: گوبي — vegetable
• Persian: کلم گل (kalam-e gol) — vegetable
• Persian: گلکلم (gul-kalam, gol-kalam) — vegetable
• Polish: kalafior — vegetable
• Portuguese: couve-flor — vegetable
• Punjabi: ਫੁੱਲ ਗੋਭੀ (phulla gobhī) — vegetable
• Romanian: conopidă — vegetable
• Romansh: cardifiol — vegetable
• Russian: цветна́я капу́ста (cvetnája kapústa) — vegetable
• Serbo-Croatian: karfiol — vegetable
• Serbo-Croatian: cvjetača — vegetable
• Serbo-Croatian: cvetača — vegetable
• Serbo-Croatian: цвeтача — vegetable
• Silesian: blumkola — vegetable
• Slovak: karfiol — vegetable
• Slovene: cvetača — vegetable
• Sotho: kholifolawa — vegetable
• Spanish: coliflor — vegetable
• Swahili: koliflawa — vegetable
• Swedish: blomkål — vegetable
• Tagalog: koliplor — vegetable
• Tagalog: koliplawer — vegetable
• Tajik: гулкарам (gulkaram) — vegetable
• Thai: กะหล่ําดอก (gà-làm-dɔ̀ɔk) — vegetable
• Thai: กะหล่ําต้น — vegetable
• Turkish: karnabahar — vegetable
• Ottoman Turkish: قرنابیت (karnabit) — vegetable
• Ukrainian: кучеря́ва капу́ста (kučerjáva kapústa) — vegetable
• Ukrainian: цвітна́ капу́ста (cvitná kapústa) — vegetable
• Ukrainian: капу́ста цвітна́ (kapústa cvitná) — vegetable
• Urdu: گوبی (gobī) — vegetable
• Urdu: گوبھی (gobhī) — vegetable
• Vietnamese: bông cải trắng — vegetable
• Vietnamese: cải bông trắng — vegetable
• Vietnamese: cải hoa — vegetable
• Vietnamese: hoa lơ — vegetable
• Vietnamese: hoa lơ trắng — vegetable
• Vietnamese: su lơ — vegetable
• Vietnamese: súp lơ — vegetable
• Volapük: florabrasid — vegetable
• Welsh: colifflŵar — vegetable
• Welsh: bresychen wen — vegetable
• Welsh: blodfresychen — vegetable
• Wolof: sufëlëer — vegetable
• Wolof: sufólóor — vegetable
• Afrikaans: blomkool — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Albanian: lulelakër — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Arabic: قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Arabic: قُنَّبِيط (qunnabīṭ) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Arabic: قرنبيطة (ʔarnabiṭa) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Arabic: قرنبيط (ʔarnabiiṭ) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Basque: azalore — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Belarusian: цвятна́я капу́ста (cvjatnája kapústa) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Catalan: coliflor — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Catalan: floricol — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Czech: květák — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Czech: karfiól — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Danish: blomkål — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Dutch: bloemkool — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Elfdalian: bljommką̊l — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Estonian: lillkapsas — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Faroese: blómkál — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Finnish: kukkakaali — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• French: chou-fleur — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Friulian: cauliflôr — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Galician: coliflor — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• German: Blumenkohl — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• German: Karfiol — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Greek: κουνουπίδι (kounoupídi) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Greenlandic: blomkåli — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Hindi: गोभी (gobhī) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Hindi: गोबी (gobī) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Hindi: फूल गोभी (phūl gobhī) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Hindi: कोबी (kobī) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Hungarian: karfiol — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Icelandic: blómkál — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Indonesian: kubis bunga — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Irish: cóilis — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Italian: cavolfiore — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Ladino: kanaveta — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Latvian: ziedkāposts — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Latvian: puķkāposts — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Lithuanian: žiedinis kopūstas — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Luxembourgish: Choufleur — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Maltese: pastard — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Māori: puaniko — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Māori: kareparāoa — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Navajo: chʼil łigaii — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Nepali: गोभी (gobhī) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Nepali: कोपी२ (kopī2) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Nepali: काउली१ (kāulī1) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: blomkål — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blomkål — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Pashto: گوبي — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Plautdietsch: Bloomenkomst — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Polish: kalafior — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Portuguese: couve-flor — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Romanian: conopidă — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Romansh: cardifiol — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Russian: цветна́я капу́ста (cvetnája kapústa) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Northern Sami: diehppegálla — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Serbo-Croatian: карфиол — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Silesian: blumkola — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Slovak: karfiol — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Slovene: cvetača — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Upper Sorbian: kwětlik — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Spanish: coliflor — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Swahili: mkoliflawa — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Swedish: blomkål — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Tagalog: koliplor — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Tajik: гулкарам (gulkaram) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Turkish: karnabahar — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Ottoman Turkish: قرنابیت (karnabit) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Ukrainian: кучеря́ва капу́ста (kučerjáva kapústa) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Ukrainian: цвітна́ капу́ста (cvitná kapústa) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Urdu: گوبی (gobī) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Urdu: گوبھی (gobhī) — edible head of a cauliflower plant
• Welsh: blodfresychen — edible head of a cauliflower plant