horchata

Meaning

horchata (sweet beverage)

Concepts

orgeat

rice

🍚

white rice

Yagi

rice grain

horchata

Synonyms

arroz

🍚

arroz cocido

Horchata de chufa

Translations

orxata

orzata

arròs

🍚

orxata de xufes

orxata de xufa

Reis

🍚

Reiskorn

Reispflanze

όρυζα

ρύζι

riz

🍚

orgeat

riz cuit

scion

horchata

Hyphenated as

hor‧cha‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oɾˈt͡ʃata/

Etymology

Possibly from Catalan/Valencian orxata (possibly via a Mozarabic source), from Vulgar Latin *hordeata, from Latin hordeum (“barley”). However, the word was attested relatively late in Catalan as well (17th-18th century), so this is uncertain. Alternatively, it may be of Italian origin; cf. orzata (“barley water”).