radicchio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian radicchio.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈdi.kjoʊ/

Noun

radicchio (plural radicchios)

1. A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.

   Synonym: Italian chicory

   • 1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage, published 1998, page 163:

     In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.

   • 2012, Marie Iannotti, The Beginner's Guide to Growing Heirloom Vegetables, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 190:

     Radicchio is a savory green that adds sharpness and substance to salads and side dishes.

Translations

cultivar of chicory

• Catalan: radicchio (ca) m, xicoira (ca) f
• Finnish: punasikuri (fi)
• French: radicchio (fr) m, trévise (fr) f
• German: Radicchio (de) m
• Greek: ραντίτσιο (el) n (rantítsio)
• Interlingua: radicchio
• Italian: radicchio (it) m
• Polish: radicchio (pl) n
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: radicchio (ro) m
• Russian: ради́ккьо (ru) n (radíkkʹo)
• Spanish: radicchio (es) m

Further reading

• radicchio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rādīcula (“little root”) (with early loss of /u/ and a change in gender), from rādīc- (“root”). Compare Romanian ridiche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈdik.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ikkjo
• Hyphenation: ra‧dìc‧chio

Noun

radicchio m (plural radicchi)

1. radicchio (Cichorium intybus)

   Hypernym: cicoria

Related terms

• radice

Descendants

• → English: radicchio
• → German: Radicchio
• → Greek: ραδίκιον (radíkion), ραδίκιν (radíkin), ραδίκι (radíki)

  ραντίτσιο (rantítsio), ραντίκιο (rantíkio)

• → Ottoman Turkish: رادیكیه (radikiye)
  • → Armenian: ըռատիքյա (əṙatikʻya)

Further reading

• radicchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Draicchio, diarchico, ridacchio, ridacchiò