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 (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)
- (Canada, US) the swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
- (Canada, US) the edible root of this plant
Synonyms
Translations
edible root
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁy.ta.ba.ɡa/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “rutabaga” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Synonyms
- (rutabaga): colza, nabo da Suécia, couve-nabiça, couve-nabo
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