Kale

,

Noun.

[Scot.

kale

,

kail

,

cale

, colewort, Gael.

cael

; akin to Ir.

cal

, W.

cawl

, Armor.

kaol

. See

Cole

.]

1.

(Bot.)

A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species.

[Written also

kail

, and

cale

.]

2.

See

Kail

, 2.

Sea kale

(Bot.)

,

a European cruciferous herb (

Crambe maritima

), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.

Kale

KALE

,

Noun.

[L. caulis.] Sea-cale, an esculent plant of the genus Crambe.

Kale

See also: kale, Kâle, kalė, and kalë

English

Proper noun

Kale

(Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus.
(astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

Greenlandic

Etymology

Archaic spelling of Kali.

Proper noun

Kale

A male given name.

References

Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowing from English Charles.

Proper noun

Kale

A male given name.

References

Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 181
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kale (which might also stand for Kāle) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 13 women and 22 men.

kale

See also: Kale, Kâle, kalė, and kalë

English

Curly kale, one of the many varieties of kale

Noun

kale ‎(usually uncountable, plural kales)

An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
(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.

Synonyms

borecole

Translations

edible plant: brassica oleracea acephala

Albanian: lakër jeshile
Catalan: col arrissada
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羽衣甘藍, 羽衣甘蓝 ‎(yǔyī gānlán)
Czech: kadeřávek m
Danish: grønkål c
Dutch: boerenkool (nl) m, f
Finnish: lehtikaali (fi)
French: chou frisé (fr) m
German: Grünkohl (de)
Greek: λαχανίδα (el) f ‎(lachanída)
Hungarian: kel (hu)
Icelandic: grænkál (is)
Irish: cál m
Italian: cavolo (it) m
Japanese: ケール ‎(kēru), リョクヨウカンラン ‎(ryokuyō kanran), ハゴロモカンラン ‎(hagoromo kanran)

Kyrgyz: бакча капустасы (ky) ‎(bakça kapustası), жем капуста (ky) ‎(cem kapusta)
Lao: ຜັກຜະລິດນ້າ ‎(phak pha lit nā)
Latin: crambe f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: mous (Gronings)
Macedonian: кељ m ‎(kelj), кел m ‎(kel)
Norwegian: grønnkål c
Polish: jarmuż (pl) m
Portuguese: couve-de-folhas f
Romanian: varză verde f
Russian: кале́ (ru) n ‎(kalé), листова́я капу́ста f ‎(listovája kapústa), грюнко́ль (ru) m ‎(grjunkólʹ), браунко́ль m ‎(braunkólʹ)
Scots: kail
Serbo-Croatian: kelj (sh) m, кељ m
Slovak: kel m
Spanish: col rizada f
Swedish: grönkål c

Anagrams

lake, leak

Basque

Noun

kale

street

Declension

"kale"

(inanimate noun) declension
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	kale	kalea	kaleak
ergative	kalek	kaleak	kaleek
dative	kaleri	kaleari	kaleei
genitive	kaleren	kalearen	kaleen
comitative	kalerekin	kalearekin	kaleekin
causative	kalerentzat	kalearentzat	kaleentzat
benefactive	kalerengatik	kalearengatik	kaleengatik
instrumental	kalez	kaleaz	kaleez
inessive	kaletan	kalean	kaleetan
locative	kaletako	kaleko	kaleetako
allative	kaletara	kalera	kaleetara
terminative	kaletaraino	kaleraino	kaleetaraino
directive	kaletarantz	kalerantz	kaleetarantz
destinative	kaletarako	kalerako	kaleetarako
ablative	kaletatik	kaletik	kaleetatik
partitive	kalerik	-	-
prolative	kaletzat	-	-

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

kale

Inflected form of kaal

Anagrams

lake

Finnish

(index ka)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kale

(botany) glume

Declension

Inflection of kale (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		kale	kaleet
genitive		kaleen	kaleiden kaleitten
partitive		kaletta	kaleita
illative		kaleeseen	kaleisiin kaleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kale	kaleet
accusative	nom.	kale	kaleet
accusative	gen.	kaleen	kaleet
genitive		kaleen	kaleiden kaleitten
partitive		kaletta	kaleita
inessive		kaleessa	kaleissa
elative		kaleesta	kaleista
illative		kaleeseen	kaleisiin kaleihin
adessive		kaleella	kaleilla
ablative		kaleelta	kaleilta
allative		kaleelle	kaleille
essive		kaleena	kaleina
translative		kaleeksi	kaleiksi
instructive		—	kalein
abessive		kaleetta	kaleitta
comitative		—	kaleineen

Anagrams

kela, leka

Ladino

Verb

kale

(defective) should or ought to

Romani

Adjective

kale

plural of kalo

Swahili

Noun

kale (n class, plural kale)

antiquity, the past

Adjective

-a kale ‎(invariable)

ancient, old

Antonyms

-pya

Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

kale ‎(definite accusative kaleyi, plural kaleler)

fort, castle
(chess) rook

Declension

declension of kale

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kale	kaleler
definite accusative (belirtme)	kaleyi	kaleleri
dative (yönelme)	kaleye	kalelere
locative (bulunma)	kalede	kalelerde
ablative (ayrılma)	kaleden	kalelerden
genitive (tamlayan)	kalenin	kalelerin

possessive forms of kale

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kalem	kalelerim
definite accusative (belirtme)	kalemi	kalelerimi
dative (yönelme)	kaleme	kalelerime
locative (bulunma)	kalemde	kalelerimde
ablative (çıkma)	kalemden	kalelerimden
genitive (tamlayan)	kalemin	kalelerimin
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kalen	kalelerin
definite accusative (belirtme)	kaleni	kalelerini
dative (yönelme)	kalene	kalelerine
locative (bulunma)	kalende	kalelerinde
ablative (çıkma)	kalenden	kalelerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	kalenin	kalelerinin
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kalesi	kaleleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	kalesini	kalelerini
dative (yönelme)	kalesine	kalelerine
locative (bulunma)	kalesinde	kalelerinde
ablative (çıkma)	kalesinden	kalelerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	kalesinin	kalelerinin
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kalemiz	kalelerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme)	kalemizi	kalelerimizi
dative (yönelme)	kalemize	kalelerimize
locative (bulunma)	kalemizde	kalelerimizde
ablative (çıkma)	kalemizden	kalelerimizden
genitive (tamlayan)	kalemizin	kalelerimizin
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kaleniz	kaleleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme)	kalenizi	kalelerinizi
dative (yönelme)	kalenize	kalelerinize
locative (bulunma)	kalenizde	kalelerinizde
ablative (çıkma)	kalenizden	kalelerinizden
genitive (tamlayan)	kalenizin	kalelerinizin
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kaleleri	kaleleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	kalelerini	kalelerini
dative (yönelme)	kalelerine	kalelerine
locative (bulunma)	kalelerinde	kalelerinde
ablative (çıkma)	kalelerinden	kalelerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	kalelerinin	kalelerinin

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English

Proper noun

Greenlandic

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Hawaiian

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English

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Basque

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Dutch

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Finnish

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Anagrams

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Romani

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Swahili

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Turkish

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