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kohlrabi

  • /koʊlˈɹɑb.i/ US
  • /kəʊlˈɹɑː.bi/ UK

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

noun kohlrabis · kohlrabies · kohl rabi

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

    Similar: nol-kole

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noun cabbage variety

Españolcolirrábano
한국어콜라비 kollabi
日本語コールラビ kōrurabi
中文苤藍 /苤蓝 piělán, 撇藍 /撇蓝 piēlán, 擘藍 /擘蓝 bāilán, 大頭菜 /大头菜 dàtóucài
Portuguêscouve-rábano
Françaischou-rave
DeutschKohlrabi
Italianocavolo rapa
Ελληνικάγογγυλοκράμβη gongylokrámvi
Românăgulie
Русскийкольра́би kolʹrábi
Tiếng Việtsu hào

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@misc{kohlrabi_2026,
  title = {kohlrabi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kohlrabi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}