chicorée
French edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chicorée f (plural chicorées)
- (botany) chicory (Cichorium intybus (“common chicory”) or Cichorium endivia)
- (by extension, cooking) the coffee substitute prepared from the roasted roots of the common chicory
Derived terms edit
- Chicorée amère, Cichorium intybus
- Chicorée endive, Cichorium endivia
- chicorée industrielle, chicorée à café or chicorée à torréfier, Cichorium intybus subsp. intybus var. sativum
- Chicorée sauvage, Cichorium intybus
Descendants edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- chicorée on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- chicorée (boisson) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “chicorée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.