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Brussels sprout
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brussels sprout
English
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Alternative forms
en brussel sprout brussels sprout
Etymology
Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current form perhaps as early as the 13en Gregory E. Welbaum Vegetable Production and Practices 2015 CABI 330 https://books.google.com/books?id=zq4tBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA330&dq=brussel+sprouts+origin&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSpeXvmsbtAhVB1xoKHZtBACkQ6AEwAnoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false 978-1-78064-534-6 en sprout Sprout is from ang sprūtan (in ang asprutan to sprout; cognate with osx sprutan, ofs spruta, dum spruten, modern nl spruit sprout; Brussels sprout, goh spriozan, de sprießen to sprout, from gem-pro *spreutaną, from ine-pro *sper- to strew.
Pronunciation
en /ˌbɹʌsəl(z) ˈspɹaʊt/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Brussels sprout.wav US
Noun
en chiefly in the plural The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera variety, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
en Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.
en 2018 Katherine Reynolds Lewis The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It 209 The four couples chatted with each other about politics and Ayurvedic diets while they prepared curry cauliflower and pesto, Brussels sprouts, rice, and steak for this multifamily dinner party.
Hypernyms
en crucifer
Translations
vegetable
Arabic: ar كُرُنْب بْرُوكْسِل m
Armenian: hy
Basque: eu bruselaza
Belarusian: be брусе́льская капу́ста f, be брусэ́льская капу́ста f
Bulgarian: bg брю́кселско зе́ле n
Catalan: ca col de Brussel·les f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 球芽甘藍 qiúyá gānlán, cmn 抱子甘藍 bào zǐ gānlán, cmn 芽甘藍 yágānlán
Czech: cs růžičková kapusta f
Danish: da rosenkål c
Dutch: nl spruit s, nl spruiten p, usually in the diminutive plural form: nl spruitje, nl spruitkool
Esperanto: eo burĝonbrasiko
Estonian: et rooskapsas, et brüsseli kapsas
Finnish: fi ruusukaali, fi brysselinkaali
French: fr chou de Bruxelles m
Galician: gl col de Bruxelas f
Georgian: ka ბრიუსელის კომბოსტო
German: de Rosenkohl m, de Sprossen f-p Austria, de Kohlsprosse f Austria, de Sprossenkohl m
Greek: el λάχανο βρυξελλών n
Hebrew: he כרוב ניצנים m kruv nitsaním
Hungarian: hu kelbimbó
Icelandic: is rósakál n
Irish: ga bachlóg f, ga bachlóg Bhruiséile f
Italian: it cavolino di Bruxelles m, it cavoletto di Bruxelles m
Japanese: ja 芽キャベツ めキャベツ, mekyabetsu, ja コモチカンラン komochikanran, ja 子持ち甘藍 こもちかんらん, komochikanran
Korean: ko 방울다다기, ko 방울다다기양배추
Latvian: lv Briseles kāposts m
Lithuanian: lt briuselio kopūstas
Macedonian: mk прокељ m, mk бриселско зелје n, mk бриселски зелкички f-p
Maltese: mt kaboċċi żgħar, mt kaboċċi ta' Brussel
Māori: mi aonanī
Navajo: nv atʼééké bijish yázhí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb rosenkål m
Nynorsk: nn rosenkål m
Persian: fa کلم بروکسل kalam-e bruksel
Polish: pl brukselka f, pl kapusta brukselska f
Portuguese: pt couve-de-bruxelas f
Romanian: ro varză de Bruxelles f
Russian: ru брюссе́льская капу́ста f
Scottish Gaelic: gd buinneag f, gd buinneag-Bhruisealach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh кељ пупчар m, sh прокељ m
Latin: sh kelj pupčar m, sh prokelj m
Slovak: sk ružičková kapusta f
Slovene: sl brstični ohrovt m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb pupkaty kał m
Upper Sorbian: hsb pupkaty kał m, hsb róžičkaty kał m
Spanish: es col de Bruselas f
Swedish: sv brysselkål c, sv rosenkål c
Tagalog: tl usbong ng Bruselas
Tajik: tg ғужмкарам, tg карами брюсселӣ
Thai: th กะหล่ำดาว, th กะหล่ำหัวลำต้น
Turkish: tr Frenk lahanası, tr Brüksel lahanası
Ukrainian: uk брюссе́льська капу́ста f
Volapük: vo sprotianabrasid
Walloon: wa sprôte f
Welsh: cy ysgewyll f-p, cy ysgewyll Brwsel f-p, cy sbrowts m-p f-p
References
Further reading
Anagrams
en beloprrsssstuu brussel sprouts
en terms derived from toponyms
en Brassicas Vegetables