chicória

See also: chicoria

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably either borrowed from Italian cicoria^[1] or perhaps from a Mozarabic form (cf. Spanish achicoria), from Vulgar Latin and Late Latin cichoria, from the plural of Latin cichorium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾi.ɐ/ [ʃiˈkɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾi.a/ [ʃiˈkɔ.ɾɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈkɔ.ɾjɐ/

Rhymes: -ɔɾiɐ, -ɔɾjɐ
Hyphenation: chi‧có‧ri‧a

Noun

chicória f (plural chicórias)

(botany) chicory (Cichorium intybus)

References

^ “chicória”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025