"kale" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /keɪl/ [Canada, UK, US], /kæɪl/ [General-Australian] Audio: En-au-kale.ogg [Australia] Forms: kales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm-nor|cale}} Northern Middle English cale, {{m|enm|cal}} cal, {{m|enm|col}} col, {{inh|en|ang|cāl}} Old English cāl, {{m|ang|cāul}} cāul, {{m|ang|cāwel}} cāwel, {{der|en|la|caulis}} Latin caulis, {{cog|is|kál||cabbage}} Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), {{cog|de|Kohl||cabbage}} German Kohl (“cabbage”), {{doublet|en|caulis|cole|gobi}} Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} kale (usually uncountable, plural kales)
  1. An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: borecole
    Sense id: en-kale-en-noun-o8K9VX1s
  2. Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Brassicas, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-kale-en-noun-C-YPjZqS Disambiguation of Brassicas: 33 55 8 4 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 18 43 34 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 54 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 51 17 2
  3. (cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-kale-en-noun-ObzuXXeP Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  4. (dated, slang) Money. Tags: dated, slang, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-kale-en-noun-J8QT-YIn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black kale, Chinese kale, curly kale, dinosaur kale, kale runt, muslin-kale, sea kale, Tuscan kale Translations (edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala): boerkool (Afrikaans), lakër jeshile (Albanian), كُرْنُب أَجْعَد (kurnub ʔajʕad) (Arabic), къдраво зеле (kǎdravo zele) [neuter] (Bulgarian), col arrissada (Catalan), کەیڵ (keyll) (Central Kurdish), 羽衣甘藍 (Chinese Mandarin), 羽衣甘蓝 (yǔyī gānlán) (Chinese Mandarin), kadeřávek [masculine] (Czech), grønkål [common-gender] (Danish), boerenkool [feminine] (Dutch), mous [Gronings] (Dutch Low Saxon), krispa brasiko (Esperanto), lehtikaali (Finnish), chou frisé [masculine] (French), col [feminine] (Galician), verza [feminine] (Galician), კალე (ḳale) (Georgian), ხუჭუჭა კომბოსტო (xuč̣uč̣a ḳombosṭo) (Georgian), Grünkohl (German), Federkohl [Switzerland, masculine] (German), λαχανίδα (lachanída) [feminine] (Greek), kel (Hungarian), fodros kel (Hungarian), leveles kel (Hungarian), grænkál (Icelandic), cál [masculine] (Irish), cavolo nero [masculine] (Italian), cavolo riccio [masculine] (Italian), ケール (kēru) (Japanese), リョクヨウカンラン (ryokuyō kanran) (Japanese), ハゴロモカンラン (hagoromo kanran) (Japanese), бакча капустасы (bakca kapustası) (Kyrgyz), жем капуста (jem kapusta) (Kyrgyz), ຜັກຜະລິດນ້າ (phak pha lit nā) (Lao), crambe [feminine] (Latin), zeleny kał [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), wuchacowy kał [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), кељ (kelj) [masculine] (Macedonian), кел (kel) [masculine] (Macedonian), grønnkål [common-gender] (Norwegian), کلم برگ (kalam barg) (Persian), jarmuż [masculine] (Polish), couve-de-folhas [feminine] (Portuguese), varză verde [feminine] (Romanian), кале́ (kalé) [neuter] (Russian), листова́я капу́ста (listovája kapústa) [feminine] (Russian), грюнко́ль (grjunkólʹ) [masculine] (Russian), браунко́ль (braunkólʹ) [masculine] (Russian), kail (Scots), kelj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), кељ [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kel [masculine] (Slovak), col rizada [feminine] (Spanish), kale [masculine] (Spanish), grönkål [common-gender] (Swedish), lahana (Turkish), kelem (Turkish), кейл (kejl) (Ukrainian), cải xoăn (Vietnamese), bresych deiliog [masculine] (Welsh), cêl [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala': 48 47 3 2

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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kadeřávek"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "grønkål"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "boerenkool"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "krispa brasiko"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "lehtikaali"
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      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chou frisé"
    },
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      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "col"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳale",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "კალე"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xuč̣uč̣a ḳombosṭo",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "ხუჭუჭა კომბოსტო"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "Grünkohl"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Federkohl"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lachanída",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λαχανίδα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "kel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "fodros kel"
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    {
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "leveles kel"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "grænkál"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cál"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cavolo nero"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cavolo riccio"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kēru",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "ケール"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryokuyō kanran",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "リョクヨウカンラン"
    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hagoromo kanran",
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      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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      "word": "کەیڵ"
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      "roman": "bakca kapustası",
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      "roman": "jem kapusta",
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phak pha lit nā",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "ຜັກຜະລິດນ້າ"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "crambe"
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      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mous"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kelj",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кељ"
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      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kel",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кел"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grønnkål"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kalam barg",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "کلم برگ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jarmuż"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "couve-de-folhas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "varză verde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kalé",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кале́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "listovája kapústa",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "листова́я капу́ста"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grjunkólʹ",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грюнко́ль"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "braunkólʹ",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "браунко́ль"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "kail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kelj"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кељ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zeleny kał"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wuchacowy kał"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "col rizada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grönkål"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "lahana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "kelem"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kejl",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "кейл"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "cải xoăn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bresych deiliog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "48 47 3 2",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cêl"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kale"
  ],
  "word": "kale"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Northern Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Northern Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl/1 syllable",
    "en:Brassicas",
    "en:Vegetables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "black kale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chinese kale"
    },
    {
      "word": "curly kale"
    },
    {
      "word": "dinosaur kale"
    },
    {
      "word": "kale runt"
    },
    {
      "word": "muslin-kale"
    },
    {
      "word": "sea kale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tuscan kale"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "ケール",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "kēru"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: ケール (kēru)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ケール (kēru)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm-nor",
        "3": "cale"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Middle English cale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "cal"
      },
      "expansion": "cal",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "col"
      },
      "expansion": "col",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cāl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cāl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cāul"
      },
      "expansion": "cāul",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cāwel"
      },
      "expansion": "cāwel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "caulis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin caulis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kál",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cabbage"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic kál (“cabbage”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kohl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cabbage"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kohl (“cabbage”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "caulis",
        "3": "cole",
        "4": "gobi"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "kale (usually uncountable, plural kales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "kale"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cabbage",
          "cabbage"
        ],
        [
          "Brassica oleracea var. acephala",
          "Brassica oleracea var. acephala#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "borecole"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Brassica oleracea",
          "Brassica oleracea#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cooking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cooking",
          "cooking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Broth",
          "broth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012",
          "text": "I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Money."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, slang) Money."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "slang",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kæɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-kale.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-au-kale.ogg/En-au-kale.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-au-kale.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "boerkool"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "lakër jeshile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kurnub ʔajʕad",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "كُرْنُب أَجْعَد"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎdravo zele",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "къдраво зеле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "col arrissada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "羽衣甘藍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔyī gānlán",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "羽衣甘蓝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kadeřávek"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grønkål"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boerenkool"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "krispa brasiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "lehtikaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chou frisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "col"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳale",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "კალე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xuč̣uč̣a ḳombosṭo",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "ხუჭუჭა კომბოსტო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "Grünkohl"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Federkohl"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lachanída",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λαχανίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "kel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "fodros kel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "leveles kel"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "grænkál"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cavolo nero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cavolo riccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kēru",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "ケール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryokuyō kanran",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "リョクヨウカンラン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hagoromo kanran",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "ハゴロモカンラン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "keyll",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "کەیڵ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bakca kapustası",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "бакча капустасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jem kapusta",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "жем капуста"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phak pha lit nā",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "ຜັກຜະລິດນ້າ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crambe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "Gronings"
      ],
      "word": "mous"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kelj",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кељ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kel",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кел"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grønnkål"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kalam barg",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "کلم برگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jarmuż"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "couve-de-folhas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "varză verde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kalé",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кале́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "listovája kapústa",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "листова́я капу́ста"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grjunkólʹ",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грюнко́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "braunkólʹ",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "браунко́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "kail"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kelj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кељ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kel"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zeleny kał"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wuchacowy kał"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "col rizada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kale"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grönkål"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "lahana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "kelem"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kejl",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "кейл"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "word": "cải xoăn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bresych deiliog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "edible plant: Brassica oleracea acephala",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cêl"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "kale"
  ],
  "word": "kale"
}

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