how to say “cauliflower” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /]כְּרוּבִית
The Hebrew word for cabbage is כרוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /], and even though it’s spelled and pronounced the same way as the Biblical כרוב – cherub, the two words are unrelated: כרוב the vegetable comes from Greek, while כרוב the angelic figure first appeared in Middle-Eastern languages.
Anyway, since cauliflower grows on a bed of leaves that look like those of cabbage, it’s called in Hebrew כרובית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /] – literally, little cabbage.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /]לא ידעתי שכרובית יכולה להיות כל כך טעימה!
I didn’t know that cauliflower could be so tasty!
