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kohlrabi

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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  • General-American: /koʊlˈɹɑb.i/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊlˈɹɑː.bi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːbi
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO0 L R AA1 B IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nol-kole

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: turnip cabbage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cruciferous vegetable

3

noun

Meaning 3

plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Brassica oleracea gongylodes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crucifer, cruciferous plant

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kohlrabi, from Kohl (“cabbage”) + Italian rape (“turnips”), from cavoli rape, the plural of cavolo rapa (“cole rape”).

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: а-хәы́л (a-xwə́l) — cabbage variety
  • Bulgarian: алабàш (alabàš) — cabbage variety
  • Catalan: colrave — cabbage variety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苤藍 /苤蓝 (piělán) — cabbage variety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撇藍 /撇蓝 (piēlán) — cabbage variety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擘藍 /擘蓝 (bāilán) — cabbage variety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大頭菜 /大头菜 (dàtóucài) — cabbage variety
  • Czech: kedluben — cabbage variety
  • Danish: glaskål — cabbage variety
  • Danish: knudekål — cabbage variety
  • Danish: glaskålrabi — cabbage variety
  • Danish: kålrabi — cabbage variety
  • Dutch: koolrabi — cabbage variety
  • Esperanto: tigobrasiko — cabbage variety
  • Faroese: knútakál — cabbage variety
  • Faroese: glaskál — cabbage variety
  • Finnish: kyssäkaali — cabbage variety
  • Finnish: kaalirapi — cabbage variety
  • French: chou-rave — cabbage variety
  • Georgian: კეჟერა (ḳežera) — cabbage variety
  • Georgian: კოლრაბი (ḳolrabi) — cabbage variety
  • German: Kohlrabi — cabbage variety
  • German: Rübkohl — cabbage variety
  • Greek: γογγυλοκράμβη (gongylokrámvi) — cabbage variety
  • Greenlandic: kålrabi — cabbage variety
  • Hungarian: karalábé — cabbage variety
  • Icelandic: hnúðkál — cabbage variety
  • Ingrian: kolrabi — cabbage variety
  • Ingrian: nagriskapusta — cabbage variety
  • Irish: cálráib — cabbage variety
  • Italian: cavolo rapa — cabbage variety
  • Japanese: コールラビ (kōrurabi) — cabbage variety
  • Korean: 콜라비 (kollabi) — cabbage variety
  • Central Kurdish: داشکەلەم (daşkelem) — cabbage variety
  • Lithuanian: kaliaropė — cabbage variety
  • Macedonian: келера́ба (kelerába) — cabbage variety
  • Māori: kararapi — cabbage variety
  • Mingrelian: ხული (xuli) — cabbage variety
  • Mingrelian: კოლრაბი (ḳolrabi) — cabbage variety
  • Navajo: Béésh Bichʼahii beʼakétłʼóól dijoolí — cabbage variety
  • Norman: kohlrabi — cabbage variety
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: knutekål — cabbage variety
  • Polish: kalarepa — cabbage variety
  • Portuguese: couve-rábano — cabbage variety
  • Punjabi: ਗੰਢ ਗੋਭੀ (gaṇḍh gobhī) — cabbage variety
  • Romanian: gulie — cabbage variety
  • Romansh: colrava — cabbage variety
  • Russian: кольра́би (kolʹrábi) — cabbage variety
  • Serbo-Croatian: келераба — cabbage variety
  • Serbo-Croatian: keleraba — cabbage variety
  • Slovak: kaleráb — cabbage variety
  • Slovene: koleraba — cabbage variety
  • Spanish: colirrábano — cabbage variety
  • Swedish: kålrabbi — cabbage variety
  • Swedish: knutkål — cabbage variety
  • Thai: กะหล่ําปม — cabbage variety
  • Turkish: alabaş — cabbage variety
  • Vietnamese: su hào — cabbage variety
  • Volapük: kaulabrasid — cabbage variety
  • Welsh: colrabi — cabbage variety