rapeseed

English

Rapeseed fields in bloom.

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Alternative forms

• rape seed, rape-seed

Etymology

From Middle English rape sede, rape seed, equivalent to rape (“rapeseed plant(s)”) +‎ seed. As a meronym for the entire plant, from the need to distinguish the plant from the etymologically unrelated verb and act rape. In this context, rape is from Latin rāpa, from rāpum (“turnip”).

Noun

rapeseed (usually uncountable, plural rapeseeds)

1. The seed of the rape plant, Brassica napus, used widely for animal feed and vegetable oil.
2. The rape plant itself.

Synonyms

• (Brassica napus): rape, canola (a specific type)

Derived terms

• rapeseed oil

Translations

rapeseed seed

• Bulgarian: ра́пично се́ме n (rápično séme)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 油菜籽 (zh) (yóucàizǐ)

• Finnish: rapsi (fi) (collectively), rapsinsiemen (individual)
• Georgian: რაფსის თესლი (rapsis tesli)
• German: Rapssaat f, Rapssamen m, Rübsamen m
• Icelandic: repjufræ n
• Japanese: 菜種 (ja) (なたね, natane)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kolza

• Vietnamese: hạt cải dầu
• Walloon: golzå (wa) m

rapeseed plant

• Armenian: սևուկ (hy) (sewuk)
• Azerbaijani: raps sg
• Breton: kolzaenn f
• Bulgarian: ра́пица f (rápica)
• Catalan: colza (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 油菜 (zh) (yóucài)

• Czech: řepka (cs) f
• Dutch: koolzaad (nl)
• Finnish: rapsi (fi)
• French: colza (fr) m
• Georgian: თალგამურა (talgamura)
• German: Raps (de) m, Ackersenf m, Wilder Senf m
• Greek:

  Ancient: βουνιάς f (bouniás)

• Hebrew: לפתית (Liftit)
• Hindi: कैनोला (kainolā)
• Hungarian: repce (hu)
• Italian: colza (it) f
• Japanese: 菜の花 (ja) (なのはな, nanohana)
• Kazakh: рапс (raps)
• Korean: 유채 (ko) (yuchae), 평지 (ko) (pyeongji)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kolza

• Latin: nāpus m
• Latvian: rapsis m
• Lithuanian: rapsas m
• Occitan: còlza f
• Persian: کلزا (kolzâ)
• Polish: rzepak (pl) m
• Portuguese: canola (pt) f
• Russian: рапс (ru) m (raps)
• Scots: raps
• Slovak: repka olejná (sk) f
• Slovene: oljna ogrščica f
• Spanish: canola f, colza f
• Swedish: raps (sv) c
• Tatar: рапс (raps)
• Thai: ผักกาดก้านขาว (pàk gàat gâan kăao)
• Turkish: kanola, kolza (tr)
• Ukrainian: ріпак m (ripak)
• Uzbek: raps (uz)
• Vietnamese: cải dầu
• Walloon: golzå (wa) m
• Yiddish: קאַנאָלאַ אויל (kanola oyl)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ravizzone (it) f

Further reading

• rapeseed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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