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Added 9 October 2026

cole

/kəʊl/ noun

In Latin: ērūca Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cole at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
Coarse curly-leafed cabbage.

Origin

From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl, Danish kål, Norwegian Bokmål kål, Norwegian Nynorsk kål, Swedish kål. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale.

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