Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch warmoes, from warm (warm) + moes (food pulp).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑr.mus/
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  • Hyphenation: war‧moes
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

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warmoes f or n (uncountable)

  1. (collective, historical) vegetables, greens
    Synonym: groente
  2. chard, Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris or Beta vulgaris var. cicla
    Synonym: snijbiet

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References

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  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “warmoes”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press