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Portuguese
Etymology
Probably either borrowed from Italian cicoria[1] or perhaps from a Mozarabic form (cf. Spanish achicoria), from Vulgar Latin and Late Latin cichoria, from the plural of Latin cichorium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾja/
Noun
chicória f (plural chicórias)
- (botany) chicory (Cichorium intybus)
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