chou — meaning in English
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English meaning
- baby noun A very young child, from birth until walking and talking begin.
- cabbage noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
- cute adj Attractive in a charming, often small or youthful way.
- dumpling noun A small piece of dough, often filled, that is boiled, steamed, or added to a stew.
- nut noun A hard-shelled seed or dry fruit, often edible.
Senses
chou is used for these senses in English:
- baby A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.
- colewort A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.
- colza Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.
- cream puff A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard.
- cute Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
- dumpling (endearing) A term of endearment.
- nut (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
baby — full definition
- noun A very young child, from birth until walking and talking begin.
- noun The youngest member of a family, regardless of their actual age.
- noun An affectionate way to address a romantic partner.
- noun A project or idea someone feels strongly protective of because they created it.
- adj Small or young, especially describing produce picked early or a smaller version of something.
cabbage — full definition
- noun A leafy vegetable grown as a round, tightly packed head, eaten cooked or raw.
- noun (slang) Money.
- verb (informal, dated) To steal small amounts of something, especially fabric offcuts.