colza

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

colza (uncountable)

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

• -zolac

Borrowed from French colza.

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

colza f (plural colzes)

1. colza

• “colza” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “colza”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔl.za/

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colza m (plural colzas)

1. (originally) oilseed rape
2. canola

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

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

Borrowed from French colza.

colza f (plural colze)

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

• calzo, calzò

Borrowed from French colza, from Dutch koolzaad.[1][2]

• Homophone: cousa (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -olzɐ, -owzɐ
• Hyphenation: col‧za

colza f (plural colzas)

1. colza

Borrowed from French colza, from Dutch koolzaad.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈkolθa/ [ˈkol̟.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈkolsa/ [ˈkol.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -olθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -olsa
• Syllabification: col‧za

colza f (plural colzas)

1. canola

• “colza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014