endive
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia or endivia, from Late Latin intibus.
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛndaɪv/, /ɒnˈdiːv/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛndaɪv/, /ˈɛndɪv/, /ˈɒndiːv/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: (US) -iːv
Noun
editendive (countable and uncountable, plural endives)
- A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
- 1787, Charlotte Mason, The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table[1], page 192:
- When all this is ready, take some endive and Dutch lettuce, some chervil and celery, wash and drain them very well, cut them small, put them into a saucepan, and pour some of the broth upon them […]
- 1805, William Augustus Henderson, The Housekeeper's Instructor, Or, Universal Family Cook[2], page 110:
- Take the three heads of endive out of the water, drain them, and leave the largest whole.
- 1915 August 28, Marion Harris Neil, “When Lettus is Scarce”, in The Country Gentleman[3], volume 80, page 1379:
- Broad leaved, green curled or white curled, the endive plants are good; the green sorts, on account of their coolness and their plentiful salts, are esteemed for the salad bowl, and the white-curled sorts are liked for soups, stews and as boiled vegetables.
- 2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables[4], page 146:
- Endive and escarole are the same vegetable, but endive has leaves that are cut and curled, while escarole has smooth, broad leaves.
Hyponyms
edit- (Cichorium endivia): curly endive, escarole, frisée lettuce, frisée; broad-leaved endive
Derived terms
edit- Belgian endive (from Cichorium intybus)
Translations
editleafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
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editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French endive, endivie, andive, indivie, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia or endivia, suspected via Byzantine Greek ἐντύβιον (entúbion) from Latin intibus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editendive f (plural endives)
- (cooking) Belgian endive (edible chicory bud of Cichorium intybus)
- Synonym: chicon
- Une salade d’endive.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
editIn a strict botanical sense, French endive or English Belgian endive is actually not an endive (of the species Cichorium endivia) but a common chicory (Cichorium intybus).[1]
Descendants
edit- → Iranian Persian: آنْدیوْ (ândiv)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Régis Thomas (2017 April 24 (last accessed)) “Chicorée et endive”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Further reading
edit- endive on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “endive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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