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
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
Further reading
- chicorée on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- chicorée (boisson) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “chicorée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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