orzo

See also: orzò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian orzo (“barley”), from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”). Compare orgeat.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːzəʊ/, /ˈɔːtsəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹzoʊ/, /ˈɔɹtsoʊ/
Hyphenation: or‧zo

Noun

orzo (uncountable)

A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of rice or barley; often used in soups.

Translations

barley-shaped pasta used in soups

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لِسَان الْعُصْفُور‎ m (lisān al-ʿuṣfūr, literally “bird tongue”)
Greek: κριθαράκι (el) n (kritharáki, literally “small barley”)

Italian: risoni (it) m pl (literally “large rices”)
Japanese: オルゾー (oruzō), ^{(please verify)} リゾーニ (rizōni)

References

“orzo” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
“orzo” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.
“orzo” (US) / “orzo” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

Rozo

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.d͡zo/
Hyphenation: òr‧zo

Etymology 1

From Latin hordeum (see there for cognates), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).

Noun

orzo m (plural orzi)

(also uncountable) barley

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

orzo

first-person singular present indicative of orzare

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