orzo

orzo

See also: orzò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian orzo (“barley”), from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”). Compare orgeat.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːzəʊ/, /ˈɔːtsəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹzoʊ/, /ˈɔɹtsoʊ/
• Hyphenation: or‧zo

Noun

orzo (uncountable)

1. A form of pasta the size and shape of grains of rice or barley; often used in soups.

Translations

barley-shaped pasta used in soups

Arabic: (please verify) لِسَان الْعُصْفُور‎ m (lisān al-ʿuṣfūr, literally “bird tongue”) Greek: κριθαράκι (el) n (kritharáki, literally “small barley”)

Italian: risoni (it) m pl (literally “large rices”) Japanese: オルゾー (oruzō), (please verify) リゾーニ (rizōni)

References

• “orzo” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “orzo” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.
• “orzo” (US) / “orzo” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• Rozo

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.d͡zo/
• Hyphenation: òr‧zo

Etymology 1

From Latin hordeum (see there for cognates), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).

Noun

orzo m (plural orzi)

1. (also uncountable) barley

Derived terms

• caffè d'orzo
• orzaiolo
• orzare
• orzata

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

orzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of orzare