chicória

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See also: chicoria

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/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾja/
 

  • Hyphenation: chi‧có‧ri‧a

Noun

chicória f (plural chicórias)

  1. (botany) chicory (Cichorium intybus)

References

  1. ^ chicória”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024