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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

cavolo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈka.vo.lo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cabbage/ˈkæb.ɪdʒ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il cavolo verza è ottimo nelle zuppe invernali."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A cultivated plant eaten as a vegetable, having thick green or purple leaves surrounding a spherical heart or head.

    "She shredded fresh red cabbage to make a crunchy summer coleslaw."
  2. 2

    Informal slang referring to money or cash.

    "He works hard every day just to bring home the cabbage."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term derives from the Old Northern French word 'caboche', meaning 'head', which is an alteration of the Latin 'caput'. It entered Middle English in the 15th century, eventually evolving to describe the leafy round vegetable whose tightly packed leaves resemble a head.

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