rutabaga

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (root) + bagge (lump, bunch).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/

Noun

rutabaga roots

rutabaga (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)

  1. (Canada, US) the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
  2. (Canada, US) the edible root of this plant

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Translations

References

  1. rutabaga” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁy.ta.ba.ɡa/
  • (file)

Noun

rutabaga m (plural rutabagas)

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

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Portuguese

Noun

rutabaga f (plural rutabagas)

  1. rutabaga (Brassica napus, a plant with an edible root)

Synonyms

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