chicorée

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See also: chicôrée and Chicorée

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cicoree (probably later influenced by Italian cicoria), borrowed from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃi.kɔ.ʁe/
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Noun

chicorée f (plural chicorées)

  1. (botany) chicory (Cichorium intybus (“common chicory”) or Cichorium endivia)
  2. (by extension, cooking) the coffee substitute prepared from the roasted roots of the common chicory

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: Chicorée, Schikoree (older spelling)
  • → Greek: σικορέ (sikoré)

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