radicchio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian radicchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈdi.kio/

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

Translations

cultivar

• Finnish: punasikuri (fi)
• Greek: ραντίτσιο (el) n (rantítsio)
• Interlingua: radicchio
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: radicchio (ro) m
• Spanish: radicchio (es) m

Synonyms

• Italian chicory

Further reading

• radicchio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *radiclus, contracted form of radiculus, from Latin radicula (“little root”), from radix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈdik.kjo/, [r̺äˈd̪ikkjo]
• Hyphenation: ra‧dìc‧chio

Noun

radicchio m (plural radicchi)

1. The plant Cichorium intybus; radicchio

Anagrams

• ridacchio, ridacchiò