kale

Etymology

From Middle English cale or cal (northern dialect), variant of col (“cole”), Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare English cole, Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɪl/
• Hyphenation: kale

Noun

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)
2. Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
3. (slang) money
   • 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert‎, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012:

     I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.

Anagrams

• Alek, Lake, Leak, lake, leak

Noun

kale

1. street

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kale

1. Inflected form of kaal

Anagrams

• lake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑleˣ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧le
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

kale

1. (botany) glume

Anagrams

• Kela, kela, leka

Verb

kale

1. (defective) should or ought to

Adjective

kale

1. plural of kalo

Noun

kale (n class, plural kale)

1. antiquity, the past

Adjective

-a kale (invariable)

1. ancient, old

Etymology

From Arabic قَلْعَة‎ (qalʿa, “fort, fortress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑ.ˈle]

Noun

kale (definite accusative kaleyi, plural kaleler)

1. fort, castle, fortress, stronghold
2. (chess) rook
3. (sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put the ball)
4. (politics) stronghold (of an ideology)