kale
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi.
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /keɪl/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /kæɪl/
Rhymes: -eɪl
Hyphenation: kale
=== Noun ===
kale (usually uncountable, plural kales)
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Synonym: borecole
Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
(cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
(dated, slang) Money.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Japanese: ケール (kēru)
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
Akel, Alek, Lake, Leak, lake, leak
== Alemannic German ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French cailler, from Latin coāgulō.
=== Verb ===
kale
(Uri) to congeal; to curdle
=== References ===
Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.
== Basque ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin callem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kale/ [ka.le]
Rhymes: -ale, -e
Hyphenation: ka‧le
=== Noun ===
kale inan
street
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“kale”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
“kale”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈkalɛ]
=== Verb ===
kale
masculine singular present transgressive of kalit
== Dutch ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
kale
inflection of kaal:
masculine/feminine singular attributive
definite neuter singular attributive
plural attributive
=== Anagrams ===
lake
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *kalëh (“husk; chaff”), probably borrowed and derived from Proto-Germanic *skalō.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkɑleˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝le̞(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ɑle
Syllabification(key): ka‧le
Hyphenation(key): ka‧le
=== Noun ===
kale
(botany) glume
(dated, chiefly in the plural) synonym of akana (“husk; chaff”)
==== Declension ====
==== See also ====
helve
=== Further reading ===
“kale”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
Kela, kela, leka
== Ladino ==
=== Etymology ===
Perhaps from Catalan cal, from the verb caldre; perhaps influenced by Portuguese cabe, from the verb caber.
=== Verb ===
kale
(defective) should or ought to
== Lithuanian ==
=== Pronunciation 1 ===
IPA(key): [kɐˈlʲɛ]
Rhymes: -ɛ
Syllabification: ka‧lè
==== Noun ====
kalè
instrumental singular of kalė̃
=== Pronunciation 2 ===
IPA(key): [²ˈkɑːlʲɛ]
Rhymes: -ɑːlʲɛ
Syllabification: kã‧le
==== Noun ====
kãle
vocative singular of kalė̃
== Lower Sorbian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkalɛ/
=== Noun ===
kale
locative singular of kał
== Makasar ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *kale, *kalawe (“body self”). Cognate Toraja-Sa'dan kale, Buginese alé, Mandar alawe.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkale/, [ˈkʰa.leɛ]
Hyphenation: ka‧le
=== Noun ===
kale (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨙ or 𑻠𑻮𑻵, definite kalea, 3rd person possessive kalenna)
body
Synonym: batang kale
main part
Kale ballaʼ ― The main part of a house.
center (of a land or city)
Kalenna Jumpandang ― The center of Ujung Pandang.
hull (of a vessel)
Kale biseang ― The hull of a vessel.
the proper (the actual or core part of a region)
Kale Goa ― Gowa proper.
=== Pronoun ===
kale (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨙ or 𑻠𑻮𑻵)
(with possessive suffix) self
Kalenna ― Himself / herself / itself.
Kalengku ― Myself.
Suraʼ kalenna i Anu ― N.N.'s personal letter (literally: N.N.'s letter himself).
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 267-268
== Middle English ==
=== Noun ===
kale
alternative form of col
== Moore ==
=== Etymology ===
from French caler
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ká.le/
=== Verb ===
kale
to hold or block with a wedge
== Morelos Nahuatl ==
=== Noun ===
kale
house
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈka.lɛ/
Rhymes: -alɛ
Syllabification: ka‧le
=== Noun ===
kale m
locative/vocative singular of kał
== Romani ==
=== Adjective ===
kale
inflection of nom:
masculine/feminine plural
oblique masculine/feminine singular/plural
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Verb ===
kale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
third-person plural present of káliti
=== Noun ===
kale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
accusative plural of kal
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
From the fossilized class 12 form of the distal demonstrative -le.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
kale class IX (plural kale class X)
antiquity; the past
=== Adjective ===
-a kale (invariable)
ancient; old
==== Synonyms ====
ukale
==== Antonyms ====
-pya
== Swedish ==
=== Adjective ===
kale
definite natural masculine singular of kal
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kalʼa / kalʼe), قله (kale), from Classical Persian قلعه (qal'a), from Arabic قَلْعَةٌ (qalʕatun, “fort; fortress”). Compare also Azerbaijani qala, Uzbek qalʼa, Kazakh қала (qala), etc.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kɑˈle/, [kɑ̈.l̠ʲe̞]
Hyphenation: ka‧le
=== Noun ===
kale (definite accusative kaleyi, plural kaleler)
fort; castle; fortress; stronghold
(chess) rook
(sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put the ball)
(politics) stronghold (of an ideology)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
=== References ===
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kale”, in Nişanyan Sözlük