orzo

See also: orzò and őrző

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːzəʊ/, /ˈɔːtsəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹzoʊ/, /ˈɔɹtsoʊ/
• Hyphenation: or‧zo

Noun

orzo (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: risoni

Translations

barley-shaped pasta used in soups

• Arabic: لِسَان الْعُصْفُور m (lisān al-ʕuṣfūr, literally “bird tongue”)
• Bulgarian: кускус m (kuskus)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: orzo (nl) m
• Finnish: risoni, orzo (fi), jyväpasta
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Nudelreis m
• 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)
• Polish: orzo (pl) n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: orzo (es) m
• Swedish: risoni c
• Turkish: arpa şehriye (tr)

References

• “orzo”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “orzo”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “orzo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Ozor, Rozo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian orzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.zoː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: or‧zo
• Rhymes: -ɔrzoː

Noun

orzo m (plural orzo's, no diminutive)

1. orzo

Further reading

• orzo on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.d͡zo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrdzo
• Hyphenation: òr‧zo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

orzo m (plural orzi)

1. (also uncountable) barley

Derived terms

• caffè d'orzo
• orzaiolo
• orzare
• orzata
• orzotto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orzare