rutabaga
English edit
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Etymology edit
1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rutabaga (usually uncountable, plural rutabagas)
- (now Canada, US) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
- (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.
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Translations edit
plant
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edible root
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References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “rutabaga”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ [1]
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rutabaga m (plural rutabagas)
- swede, rutabaga (yellow root of Brassica napus)
Further reading edit
- “rutabaga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rutabaga f (plural rutabaghe)
- Synonym of navone (“oilseed rape”)
Further reading edit
- rutabaga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ru‧ta‧ba‧ga
Noun edit
rutabaga f (plural rutabagas)
- rutabaga (Brassica napus, a plant with an edible root)
- Synonyms: colza, nabo da Suécia, couve-nabiça, couve-nabo