Coleslaw - Wiktionary

See also: colesław and cole slaw

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:coleslawWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• cole slaw (US)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch koolsla (mentioned in English as the Dutch name by at least in 1794), from kool (“cabbage”) + sla (“salad”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊlslɔː/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊlslɔ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊlslɑ/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -əʊlslɔː

Noun

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coleslaw (usually uncountable, plural coleslaws)

1. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).

Synonyms

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• slaw (US, Canada)

Derived terms

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• cheese slaw
• kimslaw
• North Carolina coleslaw
• rainbow coleslaw

Descendants

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• → Dutch: coleslaw
• → Japanese: コールスロー
• → Polish: coleslaw

Translations

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Afrikaans: koolslaai Chinese: Mandarin: 涼拌捲心菜 / 凉拌卷心菜 (liángbàn juǎnxīncài) Czech: zelný salát Dutch: koolsla (nl) f, coleslaw m Esperanto: brasikosalato French: coleslaw (fr) m, salade de chou (fr) f (Quebec, New Brunswick) German: Krautsalat (de) m, Kohlsalat m, Weißkohlsalat m Greek: λαχανοσαλάτα (el) f (lachanosaláta) Hungarian: káposztasaláta (hu) Icelandic: hrásalat n Japanese: コールスロー (kōrusurō) Māori: roi huamata Polish: coleslaw (pl) m, colesław m, kolesław m Russian: сала́т из капу́сты m (salát iz kapústy), капу́стный сала́т m (kapústnyj salát) Slovak: kapustný šalát m Spanish: curtida (es) f (El Salvador), ensalada de repollo f Turkish: lahana salatası

References

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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “coleslaw”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
2. ^ “coleslaw”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
3. ^ “coleslaw”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English coleslaw, from Dutch koolsla.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈkoːl.slɑʋ/
• Hyphenation: cole‧slaw

Noun

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coleslaw m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. coleslaw

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:coleslawWikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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• colesław, kolesław

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English coleslaw. The colloquial pronunciation results from similarity of the word to the Polish given name Bolesław.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (standard) /ˈkɔl.slɔw/, (colloquial) /kɔˈlɛ.swaf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlslɔw, -ɛswaf
• Syllabification: cole‧slaw, co‧le‧slaw

Noun

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coleslaw m inan (indeclinable)

1. coleslaw salad (salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw))

Further reading

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• coleslaw in Polish dictionaries at PWN