broccolis
SayBRO-kuh-leezUS/ˈbɹɑ.kə.liz/UK/ˈbɹɒ.kə.liz/AUSBRAW-kuh-leez/ˈbɹɔ.kə.liːz/
- 1Plural of broccoli.
The catalog lists half a dozen broccolis suited to cool climates.
Chefs prize certain broccolis for their tender, sweet stalks.
Note
An English plural stacked on an Italian one: broccoli is itself the plural of broccolo, so broccolis adds a second ending. Because broccoli is usually a mass noun (you eat broccoli, not broccolis), the -s form turns up mainly when counting kinds or individual heads, such as a seed grower's cultivars. For ordinary servings, plain broccoli is the safer choice.
broccolis is a form of broccoli
broccoli, noun: A plant of the cabbage family whose tree-shaped green flower heads and thick stalk are eaten as a vegetable. Full entry
- Forms
- broccoli also pluralbroccolis plural
- Spelling
- broccoli → broccolis: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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