Chicorée

See also: chicorée and chicôrée

German

Chicorée

Alternative forms

• Schikoree (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chicorée (“chicory”), from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion). Doublet of Zichorie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪkoʁe], [ʃikoˈʁeː]

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Noun

Chicorée m or f (strong, genitive Chicorées or Chicorée, no plural)

1. (cooking) Belgian endive, common chicory, witloof (Cichorium intybus subsp. foliosum) < (Cichorium intybus)

   Synonyms: Salatzichorie, Brüsseler (Switzerland)

Usage notes

Although a French borrowing, in common usage Chicorée corresponds to French endive and French chicorée (frisée) is German Endivie.

Declension

Declension of Chicorée [sg-only, masculine // feminine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	der, die	Chicorée
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Chicorées, Chicorée
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Chicorée
accusative	einen, eine	den, die	Chicorée

Derived terms

• Chicoréesalat

See also

• Endivie, Cichorium endivia

Further reading

• Chicorée on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de