couve-flor
Portuguese, noun/ˌko(w).viˈfloʁ/
couve-flor is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cauliflower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variedade de couve cuja inflorescência, compacta e branca, é comestível”.
What does couve-flor mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecauliflower
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. variedade de couve cuja inflorescência, compacta e branca, é comestível
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of couve-flor
- couves-flor plural
- couves-flores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couve-flor?
- Brazil /ˌko(w).viˈfloʁ/
- Brazil [ˌko(ʊ̯).viˈfloh]
- /ˌko(w).viˈfloɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to couve-flor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.