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collard

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkɒlɑː(ɹ)d/
  • /ˈkɒlə(ɹ)d/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒlɑː(ɹ)d
  • rhymes with -ɒlə(ɹ)d
  • homophone: collared (one pronunciation)
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 L ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

variety of kale having smooth leaves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala

History

Etymology

From a medieval pejorative form of Coll, from the given name Nicholas.

Syncopic form of colewort (“cabbage, cabbage greens”), from Middle English colewort, coolwort, coulwort (“colewort”).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: berza — variety of kale
  • Catalan: col de cabdell — variety of kale
  • French: chou cavalier — variety of kale
  • Galician: col — variety of kale
  • Galician: coia — variety of kale
  • Galician: coella — variety of kale
  • Galician: verzas — variety of kale
  • German: Blattkohl — variety of kale
  • Hungarian: takarmánykáposzta — variety of kale
  • Hungarian: amerikai kel — variety of kale
  • Indonesian: sawi keriting — variety of kale
  • Kashmiri: ہاکھ (haakh) — variety of kale
  • Korean: 콜라드 (kolladeu) — variety of kale
  • Polish: kapusta pastewna — variety of kale
  • Portuguese: couve-galega — variety of kale
  • Serbo-Croatian: raštika — variety of kale
  • Spanish: col forrajera — variety of kale
  • Spanish: berza abierta — variety of kale
  • Spanish: repollo silvestre — variety of kale
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