chicorée

Meaning

1. (feminine) chicory (Cichorium intybus (“common chicory”) or Cichorium endivia)
2. (broadly, feminine) the coffee substitute prepared from the roasted roots of the common chicory

Concepts

chicory

succory

endive

chicory root

chicory lettuce

Cichorium

curly endive

Cichorium intybus

chicory plant

genus Cichorium

common

Belgian endives

chicory coffee

Synonyms

chicons

chicorée sauvage

chicorée witloof

endive

endives

sauvage

cichorium

cichorium intybus

Translations

cicoria

achicoria

chicória

Zichorie

cichorei

hindiba

ραδίκι

Chicorée

xicoira

Wegwarte

radicchio

Endivie

witloof

cichorium

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃi.kɔ.ʁe/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: cicoree

In summary

Inherited from Old French cicoree (probably later influenced by Italian cicoria), borrowed from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *cichōria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).