orgeat

From French orgeat, derived from orge (“barley”), from Latin hordeum. Doublet of horchata.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔrʒɑːt/, /ɔrˈʒɑː/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdʒɪət/

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.

• “orgeat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ʒa/

• Audio:

  (file)

orgeat m (plural orgeats)

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

   Synonym: sirop d'orgeat

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