chicon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chicon.

Noun

chicon (plural chicons)

1. (cooking) An edible chicory bud.

Anagrams

• Cichon, Cochin

French

Etymology

Probably a back-formation of chicorée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.kɔ̃/

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Noun

chicon m (plural chicons)

1. (Belgium, Northern France) chicon; witloof (edible chicory bud)

Descendants

• → English: chicon

Further reading

• “chicon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.