colza

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Brassica napus

Etymology

From French colza, from Dutch koolzaad (“cabbage seed, (later) colza”), from Middle Dutch coolsaet, from kool (“cole”) +‎ zaad (“seed”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

colza (uncountable)

1. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.

Derived terms

• colza oil

Translations

cabbage variety

Belarusian: рапс m (raps) Bulgarian: ра́пица f (rápica) Catalan: colza (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 芥花 (jièhuā) Czech: řepka olejka f Danish: raps c Dutch: koolzaad (nl) n Finnish: rapsi (fi) French: colza (fr) m, chou (fr) m German: Raps (de) m Hungarian: repce (hu) Italian: colza (it) f Norwegian: raps m Persian: کلزا (kolzâ) Polish: rzepak (pl) m Portuguese: colza (pt) f Russian: рапс (ru) m (raps) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: уљана репица f Latin: uljana repica f Slovak: repica olejnatá f Slovene: oljna repica f Spanish: colza f Swedish: raps (sv) c Turkish: kolza (tr), kanola Ukrainian: ріпа́к m (ripák), рапс m (raps)

Anagrams

• -zolac

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔl.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkol.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

colza f (plural colzes)

1. colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “colza”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French colzat, from Dutch koolzaad (“cabbage seed, (later) colza”), from Middle Dutch coolsaet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔl.za/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

Noun

colza m (plural colzas)

1. (originally) oilseed rape
2. canola

Descendants

• → Catalan: colza
• → English: colza
• → Italian: colza
• → Portuguese: colza
• → Spanish: colza

Further reading

• “colza”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French colza.

Noun

colza f (plural colze)

1. oilseed rape (plant Brassica napus)
2. canola

Anagrams

• calzo, calzò