sorgo

From Italian sorgo.^[1] Doublet of sorgho and sorghum.

sorgo (uncountable)

1. (dated) sorghum
   • 1964, Otto H. Coleman, I. E. Stokes, Storage studies of sorgo:

     Juice extraction remained constant for sorgo stalks kept wet, but it decreased gradually for dry stalks during 2 weeks storage.

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish sorgo.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔr.ɡu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsɔr.ɡo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsoɾ.ɣo]

sorgo m (plural sorgos)

1. sorghum

   Synonym: melca

• “sorgo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sorgo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sorgo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sorgo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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sorgo n (uncountable)

1. sorghum

From Russian со́рго (sórgo), English sorghum, French sorgho, all from Italian sorgo, from Latin syricus (“Syrian”). Doublet of Sirio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsorɡo/
• Rhymes: -orɡo
• Hyphenation: sor‧go

sorgo (accusative singular sorgon, plural sorgoj, accusative plural sorgojn)

1. sorghum

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.ɡo/

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sorgo m (plural sorgos)

1. post-1990 spelling of sorgho

sorgo m (plural sorgos)

1. sorghum (a cereal)

• “sorgo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.ɡo/, /ˈsɔr.ɡo/^[1]
• Rhymes: -orɡo, -ɔrɡo
• Hyphenation: sór‧go, sòr‧go

Inherited from Latin syricus (“Syrian”).

sorgo m (plural sorghi)

1. sorghum

   Synonyms: meliga, saggina

• → Russian: со́рго (sórgo)
  • → Armenian: սորգո (sorgo)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sorgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sorgere

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.ɡɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrɡɔ
• Syllabification: sor‧go

sorgo n

1. sorghum

• sorgo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

sorgo m (plural sorgos)

1. sorghum (a cereal)

• “sorgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin Syricum, from Syria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɾɡo/ [ˈsoɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾɡo
• Syllabification: sor‧go

sorgo m (plural sorgos)

1. sorghum

   Synonym: zahína

• “sorgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024