Feminine

alcachofa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) artichoke
  2. (Spain, feminine) shower head

Frequency

45k
Hyphenated as
al‧ca‧cho‧fa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/alkaˈt͡ʃofa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الخرشوفة (al-ḵaršúfa), from Arabic الخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf, “artichoke”). Compare Portuguese alcachofra and Catalan carxofa. Related to English artichoke.

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