Meanings
brussels sprout1
plural brussels sprouts
- Alternative letter-case form of Brussels sprout.
Brussels sprout2
plural Brussels sprouts · alternative brussel sprout · alternative brussels sprout
- in pluralThe green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.
1 more example
The four couples chatted with each other about politics and Ayurvedic diets while they prepared curry cauliflower and pesto, Brussels sprouts, rice, and steak for this multifamily dinner party.
2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, page 209
Synonyms & antonyms
nounplant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Recorded since 1748. Named after Brussels, where they were cultivated in the current form perhaps as early as the 13th c. Sprout is from Old English sprūtan (in asprutan (“to sprout”); cognate with Old Saxon sprutan, Old Frisian spruta, Middle Dutch spruten, modern Dutch spruit (“sprout; Brussels sprout”), Old High German spriozan, German sprießen (“to sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كُرُنْب بْرُوكْسِل
- كُرُنْب بْرُوكْسِل (kurunb brūksil)vegetable
Basque bruselaza
- bruselazavegetable
Bulgarian брю́кселско зе́ле
- брю́кселско зе́ле (brjúkselsko zéle)vegetable
Catalan col de Brussel·les
- col de Brussel·lesvegetable
Chinese Mandarin 球芽甘藍 /球芽甘蓝, 抱子甘藍 /抱子甘蓝
- 球芽甘藍 /球芽甘蓝 (qiúyá gānlán)vegetable
- 抱子甘藍 /抱子甘蓝 (bào zǐ gānlán)vegetable
- 芽甘藍 /芽甘蓝 (yágānlán)vegetable
Czech růžičková kapusta
- růžičková kapustavegetable
Danish rosenkål
- rosenkålvegetable
Dutch spruit, spruiten
- spruitvegetable
- spruitenvegetable
- spruitjevegetable
- spruitkoolvegetable
Esperanto burĝonbrasiko
- burĝonbrasikovegetable
Estonian rooskapsas, brüsseli kapsas
- rooskapsasvegetable
- brüsseli kapsasvegetable
Finnish ruusukaali, brysselinkaali
- ruusukaalivegetable
- brysselinkaalivegetable
French chou de Bruxelles
- chou de Bruxellesvegetable
German Rosenkohl, Sprossen
- Rosenkohlvegetable
- Sprossenvegetable
- Kohlsprossevegetable
- Sprossenkohlvegetable
Greek λάχανο βρυξελλών
- λάχανο βρυξελλών (láchano vryxellón)vegetable
Hebrew כרוב ניצנים
- כרוב ניצנים (kruv nitsaním)vegetable
Hungarian kelbimbó
- kelbimbóvegetable
Icelandic rósakál
- rósakálvegetable
Irish bachlóg, bachlóg Bhruiséile
- bachlógvegetable
- bachlóg Bhruiséilevegetable
Italian cavolino di Bruxelles, cavoletto di Bruxelles
- cavolino di Bruxellesvegetable
- cavoletto di Bruxellesvegetable
Japanese 芽キャベツ, コモチカンラン
- 芽キャベツ (mekyabetsu)vegetable
- コモチカンラン (komochikanran)vegetable
- 子持ち甘藍 (komochikanran)vegetable
Korean 방울다다기, 방울다다기양배추
- 방울다다기 (bang'uldadagi)vegetable
- 방울다다기양배추 (bang'uldadagiyangbaechu)vegetable
Latvian Briseles kāposts
- Briseles kāpostsvegetable
Lithuanian briuselio kopūstas
- briuselio kopūstasvegetable
Māori aonanī
- aonanīvegetable
Norwegian Bokmål rosenkål
- rosenkålvegetable
Persian کلم بروکسل
- کلم بروکسل (kalam-e bruksel)vegetable
Polish brukselka, kapusta brukselska
- brukselkavegetable
- kapusta brukselskavegetable
Portuguese couve-de-bruxelas
- couve-de-bruxelasvegetable
Romanian varză de Bruxelles
- varză de Bruxellesvegetable
Russian брюссе́льская капу́ста
- брюссе́льская капу́ста (brjussélʹskaja kapústa)vegetable
Scottish Gaelic buinneag, buinneag-Bhruisealach
- buinneagvegetable
- buinneag-Bhruisealachvegetable
Slovak ružičková kapusta
- ružičková kapustavegetable
Spanish col de Bruselas
- col de Bruselasvegetable
Swedish brysselkål, rosenkål
- brysselkålvegetable
- rosenkålvegetable
Tagalog usbong ng Bruselas
- usbong ng Bruselasvegetable
Thai กะหล่ำดาว, กะหล่ำหัวลำต้น
- กะหล่ำดาว (gà-làm-daao)vegetable
- กะหล่ำหัวลำต้นvegetable
Turkish Frenk lahanası, Brüksel lahanası
- Frenk lahanasıvegetable
- Brüksel lahanasıvegetable
Ukrainian брюссе́льська капу́ста
- брюссе́льська капу́ста (brjussélʹsʹka kapústa)vegetable
Welsh ysgewyll, ysgewyll Brwsel
- ysgewyllvegetable
- ysgewyll Brwselvegetable
- sbrowtsvegetable
Cite this entry
brussels sprout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brussels%20sprout
“brussels sprout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brussels%20sprout. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brussels sprout,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brussels%20sprout.
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