liquorice

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English[edit]

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Liquorice

Alternative forms[edit]

(North America) licorice

Etymology[edit]

From Old French licoresse, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukurrhiza, “sweet root”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA: /ˈlɪkəɹɪʃ/
(UK) IPA: /ˈlɪ.kə.ɹɪʃ/, /ˈlɪ.kɔː.ɹɪʃ/, /ˈlɪ.kɔː.ɹɪs/
Homophones: liquorish, lickerish

Noun[edit]

liquorice (countable and uncountable; plural liquorices)

(countable) A leguminous plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet black liquor is extracted and used as a confection or candy and in medicine.
(uncountable) A type of confection made from liquorice extract.

Synonyms[edit]

(confection): sugarallie (Scottish, informal)

Translations[edit]

plant

Arabic: عرقسوس (ar)
Catalan: regalèssia (ca) f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 歐亞甘草 (cmn), 欧亚甘草 (cmn) (ōuyà gāncǎo), 甘草 (cmn) (gāncǎo)
Czech: lékořice (cs) f
Danish: lakrids (da)
Dutch: zoethout (nl) n
Estonian: lagrits (et), lagritsa-magusjuur (et)
Finnish: lakritsi (fi), laku (fi), lakritsikasvi (fi)
French: réglisse (fr) f
German: Süßholz (de) n, Lakritze (de) f, Süßholz (de) n
Greek: γλυκόριζα (el) (glykóriza) f
Hungarian: édesgyökér (hu)

Italian: liquirizia (it) f
Japanese: 甘草 (ja) (kanzō), カンゾウ (ja) (kanzō)
Jèrriais: ricolisse m
Korean: 감초 (ko) (gamcho)
Navajo: ałtaʼneetsʼéhiitsʼóóz
Romanian: lemn dulce (ro) n
Russian: солодка (ru) (solódka) f, лакрица (ru) (lakríca) f, лакричник (ru) (lakríčnik) f
Serbian: sladić (sh) m
Spanish: regaliz (es) m, alcazuz (es) f, orozuz (es) m
Swedish: lakrits (sv), lakritsrot (sv)
Tagalog: liquorice (tl)

confection

Danish: lakrids (da) n and c
Dutch: drop (nl) m
Estonian: lagrits (et)
Finnish: laku (fi), lakritsi (fi)
German: Lakritze (de) f
Hungarian: medvecukor (hu)
Icelandic: lakkrís (is) m
Luxembourgish: Mokuch (lb) m

Norwegian: lakris (no) m
Russian: лакрица (ru) (lakríca) f
Spanish: arrezuz (es), regaliz (es) m
Swedish: lakrits (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Mandarin: 歐亞甘草 (cmn), 欧亚甘草 (cmn)
Italian: liquirizia (it) f
Korean: 감초 (ko)

Romanian: lemn dulce (ro)
Spanish: regaliz (es) m

Derived terms[edit]

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