orzo

See also: orzò

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːzəʊ/, /ˈɔːtsəʊ/
• 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.

Translations

barley-shaped pasta used in soups

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لِسَان الْعُصْفُور m (lisān al-ʕuṣfūr, literally “bird tongue”)
• Greek: κριθαράκι (el) n (kritharáki, literally “small barley”)
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• Italian: risoni (it) m pl (literally “large rices”)
• Japanese: オルゾー (oruzō), ^{(please verify)} リゾーニ (rizōni)

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.
• “orzo”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Rozo

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: òr‧zo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

orzo m (plural orzi)

1. (also uncountable) barley

Derived terms

• caffè d'orzo
• orzaiolo
• orzare
• orzata

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

orzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orzare