coleslaw

• cole slaw (US)

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

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

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -əʊlslɔː

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).

• slaw (US, Canada)

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

Borrowed from English coleslaw, from Dutch koolsla.

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

coleslaw m (uncountable)

1. coleslaw

• colesław, kolesław

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

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

• Audio:

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

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))

• coleslaw in Polish dictionaries at PWN