broccoli

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English

Broccoli

Alternative forms

Etymology

1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade[1]), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/, /ˈbɹɑk.li/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/, (nonstandard) /ˈbɹɒ.kə.laɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

broccoli (countable and uncountable, plural broccolis or broccoli)

  1. A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
    Hypernym: crucifer
    Hyponym: (UK) Calabrese
    • 2010, Sven Wombwell, Allotment Gardening For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (→ISBN), Growing Oriental Leaf Vegetables:
      You can also get oriental broccolis such as kailaan and nabana, which are easy to grow and really tasty.
    • 2013, Anselm Anyoha, MD, How Broccoli-Head Lost Thirty Pounds: A Handbook for Healthy Living, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 83:
      Examples of leafy vegetables are broccoli, spinach, celery, and chicory.
  2. (US, slang) Marijuana.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
    • 2014, “Kodak Black”, in Heart Of The Projects, performed by Skrilla:
      I be smokin' broccoli, mama told me eat my veggies
    • 2017, “T-Shirt”, in Culture, performed by Migos:
      All I want is cottage, roll a cigar full of broccoli

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: ブロッコリー (burokkorī)

Translations

Noun

broccoli

  1. plural of broccolo

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “broccoli”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

Danish

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Etymology

From the plural of Italian broccolo.

Noun

broccoli c (singular definite broccolien, plural indefinite broccoli)

  1. broccoli

Inflection

Declension of broccoli
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative broccoli broccolien broccoli broccoliene
genitive broccolis broccoliens broccolis broccolienes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian broccoli

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: broc‧co‧li

Noun

broccoli m (plural broccoli's, diminutive broccolietje n)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) broccoli

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

broccoli m

  1. plural of broccolo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian broccoli.

Noun

broccoli m (uncountable)

  1. broccoli

Declension

declension of broccoli (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) broccoli broccoliul
genitive/dative (unui) broccoli broccoliului
vocative broccoliule

Swedish

Noun

broccoli c

  1. broccoli

Declension

Declension of broccoli 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative broccoli broccolin — —
Genitive broccolis broccolins — —

References

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