Chicorée

See also: chicorée and chicôrée

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French chicorée (“chicory”), from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion). Doublet of Zichorie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɪkoʁe], [ʃikoˈʁeː]
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Noun

Chicorée m or f (strong, genitive Chicorées or Chicorée, no plural)

  1. (cooking) Belgian endive, common chicory, witloof (Cichorium intybus subsp. foliosum) < (Cichorium intybus)
    Synonyms: Salatzichorie, Brüsseler (Switzerland)

Usage notes

Although a French borrowing, in common usage Chicorée corresponds to French endive and French chicorée (frisée) is German Endivie.

Declension

Declension of Chicorée [sg-only, masculine // feminine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein, eine der, die Chicorée
genitive eines, einer des, der Chicorées, Chicorée
dative einem, einer dem, der Chicorée
accusative einen, eine den, die Chicorée

Derived terms

  • Chicoréesalat

See also

Further reading

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