arroz

English

Etymology

From Spanish arroz. Doublet of rice.

Noun

arroz (plural arrozes or arroces)

1. (cooking) Any Spanish rice-based dish.
   • 2015, The Rough Guide to Spain:

     Reliable, traditional bar-restaurant for dishes of the sierra including […] arrozes (rice dishes).

Asturian

Noun

arroz f (plural arroces)

1. rice

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aros̻/ [a.ros̻]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /aros̻/ [a.ros̻]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /aros̺/ [a.ros̺]

 

• Rhymes: -aros̻

• Rhymes: -aros̻
• Rhymes: -aros̺

• Hyphenation: a‧rroz

Noun

arroz inan

1. rice

Declension

Declension of arroz (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	arroz	arroza	arrozak
ergative	arrozek	arrozak	arrozek
dative	arrozi	arrozari	arrozei
genitive	arrozen	arrozaren	arrozen
comitative	arrozekin	arrozarekin	arrozekin
causative	arrozengatik	arrozarengatik	arrozengatik
benefactive	arrozentzat	arrozarentzat	arrozentzat
instrumental	arrozez	arrozaz	arrozez
inessive	arrozetan	arrozean	arrozetan
locative	arrozetako	arrozeko	arrozetako
allative	arrozetara	arrozera	arrozetara
terminative	arrozetaraino	arrozeraino	arrozetaraino
directive	arrozetarantz	arrozerantz	arrozetarantz
destinative	arrozetarako	arrozerako	arrozetarako
ablative	arrozetatik	arrozetik	arrozetatik
partitive	arrozik	—	—
prolative	arroztzat	—	—

Derived terms

• arroz-esne
• arroz-zahi
• arroztegi

 

Further reading

• “arroz”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “arroz”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Alternative forms

• arrós

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza, “rice”), of Iranian origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈroθ/ [aˈroθ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aˈroθ/ [aˈroθ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /aˈros/ [aˈros]

 

• Rhymes: -oθ

• Rhymes: -oθ
• Rhymes: -os

Noun

arroz m (plural arroces)

1. (uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa, a cereal)
2. rice (specific variety of rice)

   Gran caldeiro de arroz con leite e outras miudenzas.

   Large cauldron of rice with milk and other offal.

3. (uncountable) rice (the seeds of this cereal)

Further reading

• “arroz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arroz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Ladino

Alternative forms

• aroz (Aki Yerushalayim, French and Turkish orthography spellings in non-trilled rhotic dialects)
• ארוז (Hebrew orthography spelling)

Etymology

From Old Spanish arroz, from Andalusian Arabic أرز (arráwz), from Arabic أَرُّزّ (ʔarruzz), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Arroz

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈroz/
• IPA^(key): /a.ˈɾoz/ (non-trilled rhotic dialects)

Noun

arroz m (Latin spelling, plural arrozes)

1. (uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food)
2. rice (a specific variety of this plant)
3. (uncountable) rice (the seeds of this plant used as food)

   Ayde pashá, mércame un kiló de arroz.

   Come on dear (boy), buy me one kilo of rice.

   A mí me plaze muncho comer arroz.

   I like a lot eating rice.

4. (Salóniko) a plate of rice

Derived terms

• arroz cocho
• arroz con leche
• arroz crudo
• arroz de boda
• arroz pisado
• arroz tané
• arrozal
• arrozico

Portuguese

Arroz

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza, “rice”), of Iranian origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁo(j)s/ [aˈho(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁo(j)s/ [aˈho(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈʁo(j)ʃ/ [aˈχo(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁoʃ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ar‧roz

Noun

arroz m (plural arrozes)

1. (uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa, a cereal)
2. rice (specific variety of rice)
3. (uncountable) rice (the seeds of this cereal)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:arroz.

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) cereal; arroz, aveia, centeio, cevada, fonio, milhete/milheto, milho, sorgo, trigo, triticale

Derived terms

• arroz-agulha
• arroz-bravo
• arroz carreteiro
• arroz de auçá
• arroz de cuxá
• arroz-de-espinho
• arroz de festa
• arroz-de-leite
• arroz-de-rato
• arroz-de-telhado
• arroz do brejo
• arroz-doce
• arroz miúdo do Peru
• arrozinho (diminutive)
• feijão-com-arroz

Related terms

• arrozal
• arrozeiro
• rizícola
• rizicultor
• rizicultura
• riziforme

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish arroz, via Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), via Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), ultimately from Iranian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈroθ/ [aˈroθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈros/ [aˈros]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oθ
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: a‧rroz

Noun

arroz m (plural arroces)

1. rice (cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food)
2. rice (the seeds of this plant used as food)

Hyponyms

• arroz basmati
• arroz cantonés
• arroz chaufa
• arroz frito (“fried rice”)
• arroz integral (“brown rice”)
• arroz negro
• arroz tres delicias

 

Derived terms

• arrocera
• arrocería
• arrocero
• arroz caldoso
• arroz con cosas
• arroz con leche
• arroz con pollo
• arroz rojo
• arroz tres delicias
• arrozal
• leche de arroz
• pasarse el arroz
• pastel de arroz
• que si quieres arroz, Catalina
• vaporera de arroz (“rice cooker”) (Spain)
• vaporera para arroz (“rice cooker”) (Mexico)

 

Descendants

• → Ye'kwana: ado

Further reading

• “arroz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014