orgeat

English

Etymology

From French orge (“barley”), from Latin hordeum.

Noun

orgeat (countable and uncountable, plural orgeats)

1. A sweet syrup made from sugar and almonds (or originally barley) and rose water or orange flower water.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “orgeat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Translations

Translations

• Maltese: ruġġata f
• Polish: orszada (pl) f

Anagrams

• Argote, OR gate, Tagore, ergato-, garote, gear to, toe rag, toerag

French

Etymology

From orge +‎ -at, orge from Latin hordeum (“barley”). Orgeat was originally a barley derivative. Cf. Spanish horchata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ʒa/

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Noun

orgeat m (plural orgeats)

1. orgeat
2. a drink made of orgeat syrup, diluted with water

   Synonym: sirop d'orgeat

Further reading

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