chicorée

See also: chicôrée and Chicorée

French

Etymology

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)

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

Descendants

→ German: Chicorée

See also

endive

Further reading

chicorée on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
chicorée (boisson) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
“chicorée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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