swede

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of Sweden

   BroaderEuropean

   Part ofSweden
2. 2.

   a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

   Synonymsrutabagaturnip cabbageSwedish turniprutabaga plantBrassica napus napobrassica

   Broaderturnip plant

   Part ofBrassica

   Partsrutabaga
3. 3.

   the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

   Synonymsrutabagaswedish turnipyellow turnip

   Broaderturnip

   Part ofrutabaga

Other forms of swede

plural

swedes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about swede

What does swede mean?

swede means "a native or inhabitant of Sweden". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in swede?

swede has 1 syllable: swede. In IPA it is /ˈswid/.

What is another word for swede?

Close synonyms include rutabaga, turnip cabbage, Swedish turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swede a common word?

swede is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.