Brussels sprout

See also: brussels sprout

English

Brussels sprouts

Alternative forms

• brussel sprout, brussels sprout

Etymology

Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current form perhaps as early as the 13th c. Sprout is from Old English -sprutan (in asprutan (“to sprout”); cognate with Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, modern Dutch spruit (“sprout; Brussels sprout”), Old High German spriozan, German sprießen (“to sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Brussels sprout (plural Brussels sprouts)

1. (chiefly in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.

   Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.

2. (slang, derogatory) An unintelligent person.
   • 2021 November 5, “No Nut November”, in Big Mouth, season 5, episode 1:

     Wrong! Lola's right here, you fucking Brussels sprout.

Hypernyms

• crucifer

Translations

vegetable

• Arabic: كُرُنْب بْرُوكْسِل m (kurunb brūksil)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: bruselaza
• Belarusian: брусе́льская капу́ста f (brusjélʹskaja kapústa), брусэ́льская капу́ста f (brusélʹskaja kapústa)
• Bulgarian: брю́кселско зе́ле n (brjúkselsko zéle)
• Catalan: col de Brussel·les f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 球芽甘藍／球芽甘蓝 (qiúyá gānlán), 抱子甘藍／抱子甘蓝 (zh) (bào zǐ gānlán), 芽甘藍／芽甘蓝 (yágānlán)

• Czech: růžičková kapusta f
• Danish: rosenkål c
• Dutch: spruit (nl) sg, spruiten (nl) pl, usually in the diminutive plural form: spruitje (nl), spruitkool (nl)
• Esperanto: burĝonbrasiko (eo)
• Estonian: rooskapsas, brüsseli kapsas
• Finnish: ruusukaali (fi), brysselinkaali (fi)
• French: chou de Bruxelles (fr) m
• Galician: col de Bruxelas (gl) f
• Georgian: ბრიუსელის კომბოსტო (briuselis ḳombosṭo)
• German: Rosenkohl (de) m, Sprossen (de) f pl (Austria), Kohlsprosse (de) f (Austria), Sprossenkohl m
• Greek: λάχανο βρυξελλών n (láchano vryxellón)
• Hebrew: כרוב ניצנים m (kruv nitsaním)
• Hungarian: kelbimbó (hu)
• Icelandic: rósakál n
• Irish: bachlóg (ga) f, bachlóg Bhruiséile f
• Italian: cavolino di Bruxelles m, cavoletto di Bruxelles m
• Japanese: 芽キャベツ (めキャ​ベツ, mekyabetsu), コモチカンラン (komochikanran), 子持ち甘藍 (こもちかんらん, komochikanran)
• Korean: 방울다다기 (bang'uldadagi), 방울다다기양배추 (bang'uldadagiyangbaechu)
• Latvian: Briseles kāposts m
• Lithuanian: briuselio kopūstas
• Macedonian: прокељ m (prokelj), бриселско зелје n (briselsko zelje), бриселски зелкички f pl (briselski zelkički)
• Maltese: kaboċċi żgħar, kaboċċi ta’ Brussel
• Maori: aonanī
• Navajo: atʼééké bijish yázhí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rosenkål m

  Nynorsk: rosenkål m

• Persian: کلم بروکسل (kalam-e bruksel)
• Polish: brukselka (pl) f, kapusta brukselska f
• Portuguese: couve-de-bruxelas (pt) f
• Romanian: varză de Bruxelles (ro) f
• Russian: брюссе́льская капу́ста (ru) f (brjussélʹskaja kapústa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кељ пупчар m, прокељ m

  Roman: kelj pupčar m, prokelj m

• Slovak: ružičková kapusta f
• Slovene: brstični ohrovt (sl) m
• Spanish: col de Bruselas f
• Swedish: brysselkål (sv) c, rosenkål (sv) c
• Tagalog: usbong ng Bruselas
• Tajik: ғужмкарам (ġužmkaram), карами брюсселӣ (karam-i bryusseli)
• Thai: กะหล่ำดาว (gà-làm-daao), กะหล่ำหัวลำต้น
• Turkish: Brüksel lahanası (tr)
• Ukrainian: брюссе́льська капу́ста f (brjussélʹsʹka kapústa)
• Volapük: sprotianabrasid (vo)
• Walloon: sprôte (wa) f

Further reading

• Brussels sprout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• brussel sprouts