radicchio
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian radicchio.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈdi.kjoʊ/
Noun
radicchio (plural radicchios)
- A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
- Synonym: Italian chicory
- 1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage, published 1998, page 163:
- In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.
- 2012, Marie Iannotti, The Beginner's Guide to Growing Heirloom Vegetables, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 190:
- Radicchio is a savory green that adds sharpness and substance to salads and side dishes.
Translations
cultivar
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Further reading
- radicchio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
From Latin rādīcula (“little root”) (with early loss of /u/ and a change in gender), from rādīc- (“root”). Compare Romanian ridiche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈdik.kjo/
- Rhymes: -ikkjo
- Hyphenation: ra‧dìc‧chio
Noun
radicchio m (plural radicchi)
- raddichio (Cichorium intybus)
- Hypernym: cicoria
Related terms
- radice
Descendants
- → English: radicchio
- → German: Radicchio
- → Greek: ραδίκιον (radíkion), ραδίκιν (radíkin), ραδίκι (radíki)
- ραντίτσιο (rantítsio), ραντίκιο (rantíkio)
- → Ottoman Turkish: رادیكیه (radikiye)
- → Armenian: ըռատիքյա (əṙatikʿya)
Further reading
- radicchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Draicchio, diarchico, ridacchio, ridacchiò