warmoes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch warmoes, from warm (“warm”) + moes (“food pulp”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑr.mus/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: war‧moes
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

warmoes f or n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. (collective, historical) vegetables, greens
    Synonym: groente
  2. chard (Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris or Beta vulgaris var. cicla)
    Synonym: snijbiet

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “warmoes”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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