rutabaga

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English

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Etymology

1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) +‎ bagge (“lump, bunch”).

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Noun

rutabaga roots

rutabaga (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)

  1. (now Canada, US) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
    • 2007, James Wilcox, Hunk City:
      They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away.
  2. (now Canada, US) The edible root of this plant
    • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
      Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch,
      And then we seek the shelter of a ditch;
      Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none
      Has yet been ours since your reign begun.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      Chipper understood how his entire dinner might be scarfabl' in no time, his duties discharged and his freedom regained, and he actually picked up his fork and made a pass at the craggy wad of rutabaga

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “rutabaga”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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French

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Pronunciation

Noun

rutabaga m (plural rutabagas)

  1. swede, rutabaga (yellow root of Brassica napus)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) +‎ bagge (“lump, bunch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ru.taˈba.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ta‧bà‧ga

Noun

rutabaga f (plural rutabaghe)

  1. synonym of navone (“oilseed rape”)

Further reading

  • rutabaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ru‧ta‧ba‧ga

Noun

rutabaga f (plural rutabagas)

  1. rutabaga (Brassica napus, a plant with an edible root)
    Synonyms: colza, nabo da Suécia, couve-nabiça, couve-nabo
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