different between kale vs kate

English

Etymology

From Middle English cale or cal (northern dialect), variant of col (“cole”), from Old English c?l, c?ul, c?wel, from Latin caulis. Compare English cole, Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?l/
• 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)

   Synonym: borecole

2. Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
3. (cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
4. (dated, slang) Money.

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (k?ru)

Translations

Anagrams

• Akel, Alek, Lake, Leak, lake, leak

Alemannic German

Etymology

Borrowed from French cailler, from Latin co?gul?.

Verb

kale

1. (Uri) to congeal, curdle

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.

Basque

Noun

kale inan

1. street

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kal?]

Verb

kale

1. masculine singular present transgressive of kalit

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

kale

1. Inflected form of kaal

Anagrams

• lake

Finnish

(index ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?le?/, [?k?le?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?le
• Syllabification: ka?le

Noun

kale

1. (botany) glume

Declension

See also

• helve

Anagrams

• Kela, kela, leka

Ladino

Verb

kale

1. (defective) should or ought to

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kal?/

Noun

kale

1. locative singular of ka?

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kal?]

Noun

kale (Lontara spelling ???)

1. body

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.l?/

Noun

kale m

1. locative/vocative singular of ka?

Romani

Adjective

kale

1. plural of kalo

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kale (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present of káliti

Noun

kale (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. accusative plural of kal

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kale (n class, plural kale)

1. antiquity, the past

Adjective

-a kale (invariable)

1. ancient, old

Synonyms

• ukale

Antonyms

• -pya

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????, from Arabic ???????? (qal?a, “fort, fortress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k??le]

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)

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Noun

kate (plural kates)

1. (Britain, dialect, Kent) The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.

Anagrams

• keta, take, teak

Basque

Etymology

From older katea, with the final -a reinterpreted as being the definite article, from Proto-Basque *katena, from Latin cat?na.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ka.te/

Noun

kate inan

1. chain (series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal)

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kat?]

Noun

kate

1. vocative singular of kat

Anagrams

• teka

Finnish

Etymology

From kattaa +? -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?te?/, [?k?t?e?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?te
• Syllabification: ka?te

Noun

kate

1. covering, roofing
2. (finance) funds (of a check), backing (of a banknote)
3. (finance) contribution margin, coverage, margin
4. (figuratively) reliability, trustworthiness (e.g. of a promise)
5. place setting

Declension

Synonyms

• (covering, roofing): peite
• (place setting): kattamus

Derived terms

• adjectives: katteeton

Compounds

Anagrams

• ekat, keat, teak

Ingrian

Noun

kate

1. cover

Karelian

Noun

kate

1. cover

Lithuanian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [k??t??]

Noun

katè f

1. instrumental singular of kat?

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [?ka?t??]

Noun

kãte f

1. vocative singular of kat?

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

kate

1. locative singular masculine/neuter of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
2. accusative plural masculine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
3. vocative singular feminine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)

Volapük

Noun

kate

1. dative singular of kat