Dictionary

rutabaga en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
   • They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away. 2007, James Wilcox, Hunk City:
2. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) The edible root of this plant
   • American kids ate very odd things in the 19th century. Spicy sauces and vinegary pickles. Shellfish and organ meats. Beets, rutabagas, collards. 2026 February 15, Helen Zoe Veit, “There’s a Reason American Kids Are Such Picky Eaters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch, And then we seek the shelter of a ditch; Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none Has yet been ours since your reign begun. 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
   • Chipper […] understood how his entire dinner might be scarfabl' in no time, his duties discharged and his freedom regained, and he actually picked up his fork and made a pass at the craggy wad of rutabaga […] 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

Forms

Synonyms

Swedish turnip · swede

Translations (111)

gd turnip (edible root) · fo kálrót (edible root) · tl nabikol (edible root) · cy swedsen (edible root) · es nabo sueco (plant) · da kålrabi (plant) · tr şalgam (plant) · et kaalikas (edible root) · kpv галанка (edible root) · ro nap suedez (edible root) · ca napicol (edible root) · nrf suidiche (plant) · ja カブハボタン (edible root) · mk жолто цвекло (plant) · ru брю́ква (edible root) · ja カブカンラン (edible root) · cs tuřín (plant) · nv tséyaa hataałí (edible root) · it ravizzone (plant) · pt rutabaga (edible root) · lv kālis (edible root) · hu karórépa (edible root) · bg брюква (edible root) · de Kohlrübe (plant) · sk kvaka (plant) · cs tuřín (edible root) · ko 나복 (plant) · sh репа (plant) · pt colza (edible root) · nb kålrot (edible root) · fi lanttu (plant) · hy գոնգեղ (edible root) · mi tuwīti (edible root) · ja ルタバガ (edible root) · sv rotabagge (edible root) · gd snèap (plant) · pl brukiew (plant) · be бручка (plant) · pt rutabaga (plant) · sco swade (edible root) · tl kolinabo (edible root) · nl koolraap (edible root) · nb kålrot (plant) · sh репа (edible root) · gd snèap (edible root) · es nabo sueco (edible root) · es colinabo (edible root) · bg брюква (plant) · is rófa (edible root) · tr şalgam (edible root) · mi tuwīti tānapu (edible root) · be бручка (edible root) · dsb kulawka (edible root) · hu karórépa (plant) · ru брю́ква (plant) · yi שוועדישע ברוקווע (edible root) · is rófa (plant) · pt couve-nabo (edible root) · da kålroe (plant) · pt nabo da Suécia (edible root) · ko 무 (edible root) · ka მიწამხალა (edible root) · it ravizzone (edible root) · hy շաղգամ (edible root) · kk тарна (edible root) · eo napo (plant) · mhr ушмен (plant) · da kålroe (edible root) · sv kålrot (plant) · nn kålrot (plant) · eo napo (edible root) · cmn 蕪菁甘藍 /芜菁甘蓝 (edible root) · fr chou-navet (plant) · ga svaeid (edible root) · ltg grīziņs (edible root) · is gulrófa (plant) · dsb kulawa (edible root) · el γουλί (edible root) · fr rutabaga (plant) · nl koolraap (plant) · pt couve-nabiça (edible root) · fr rutabaga (edible root) · izh lanttu (edible root) · ca colinap (edible root) · nn kålrot (edible root) · sv kålrot (edible root) · sk kvaka (edible root) · ro nap (edible root) · izh lanttu (plant) · fr chou-navet (edible root) · yi ברוקווע (edible root) · gd neep (edible root) · de schwedische Rübe (edible root) · fi lanttu (edible root) · mk жолто цвекло (edible root) · ko 무 (plant) · ja カブハボタン (plant) · br irvin-saoz (edible root) · cy rwden (edible root) · mrj ушман (plant) · nrf suidiche (edible root) · br irvin-saoz (plant) · mi pōwhata (edible root) · ko 나복 (edible root) · pl brukiew (edible root) · sv rotabagge (plant) · is gulrófa (edible root) · de Steckrübe (edible root) · de Kohlrübe (edible root) · sh repa (edible root) · sh repa (plant)

wikipedia: Västergötland