endive
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia or endivia, from Late Latin intibus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛndaɪv/, /ɒnˈdiːv/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛndaɪv/, /ˈɛndɪv/, /ˈɒndiːv/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: (US) -iːv
Noun[edit]
endive (countable and uncountable, plural endives)
- A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
- 1787, Charlotte Mason, The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table[1], page 192:
- When all this is ready, take some endive and Dutch lettuce, some chervil and celery, wash and drain them very well, cut them small, put them into a saucepan, and pour some of the broth upon them […]
- 1805, William Augustus Henderson, The Housekeeper's Instructor, Or, Universal Family Cook[2], page 110:
- Take the three heads of endive out of the water, drain them, and leave the largest whole.
- 1915 August 28, Marion Harris Neil, “When Lettus is Scarce”, in The Country Gentleman[3], volume 80, page 1379:
- Broad leaved, green curled or white curled, the endive plants are good; the green sorts, on account of their coolness and their plentiful salts, are esteemed for the salad bowl, and the white-curled sorts are liked for soups, stews and as boiled vegetables.
- 2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables[4], page 146:
- Endive and escarole are the same vegetable, but endive has leaves that are cut and curled, while escarole has smooth, broad leaves.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (Cichorium endivia): curly endive, escarole, frisée lettuce, frisée; broad-leaved endive
Derived terms[edit]
- Belgian endive (from Cichorium intybus)
Translations[edit]
leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
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Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French endive, endivie, andive, indivie, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia or endivia, suspected via Byzantine Greek ἐντύβιον (entúbion) from Latin intibus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
endive f (plural endives)
- (cooking) Belgian endive (edible chicory bud of Cichorium intybus)
- Synonym: chicon
- Une salade d’endive.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes[edit]
In a strict botanical sense, French endive or English Belgian endive is actually not an endive (of the species Cichorium endivia) but a common chicory (Cichorium intybus).[1]
Descendants[edit]
- → Iranian Persian: آنْدیوْ (ândiv)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Régis Thomas (2017 April 24 (last accessed)) “Chicorée et endive”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Further reading[edit]
endive on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “endive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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