Polyglot Dictionary

couve-flor

/ˌkoviˈfloɾ/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as couves-flores

Meaning

  1. cauliflower

    Built from couve (cabbage) + flor (flower).

    • Comi couve-flor.

      I ate cauliflower.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • couve cabbage
  • flor flower

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Blumenkohl

Blumenkohl is the German word for the same thing — both mean "cauliflower."

Spanish

coliflor

coliflor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cauliflower."

French

chou-fleur

chou-fleur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "cauliflower."

Practice

1 What does couve-flor mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comi ___-flor.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches couve-flor?

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