broccoli

B1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/ UK /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/ See IPA manual

Freq #13659

Meanings

1

noun
A green vegetable with a thick stalk and tight clusters of small flower buds

I steamed some broccoli to go with the chicken.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms broccoflowerbroccolilikebroccolinibroccoloidsuperbroccoli

Related forms brocade

Etymology

1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.

broccoli Italian broccus Latin *brokkos Proto-Celtic *brozdos Proto-Celtic

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# broccoli

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɹɒ.kə.li/
**Frequency rank:** 13659

## Meanings
1. A green vegetable with a thick stalk and tight clusters of small flower buds

## Examples
- I steamed some broccoli to go with the chicken.

## Derived Forms
- broccoflower
- broccolilike
- broccolini
- broccoloid
- superbroccoli

## Related Forms
- brocade

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: broccoli
- Root: broccus
- Root: *brokkos
- Root: *brozdos

## Etymology
1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.

## AI Etymology
Broccoli is attested in 1699 from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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