chard

chard

See also: Chard

English

chard (Beta vulgaris)

Etymology

From earlier card (remodelled after chardoon, obsolete form of cardoon), from Middle French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Noun

chard (countable and uncountable, plural chards)

1. (uncountable, cooking) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
2. (cooking) Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.

Synonyms

• (leafy vegetable): mangold, silverbeet, Swiss chard

Derived terms

• rainbow chard
• Swiss chard

Translations

Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla

Arabic: سِلْق‎ m (silq) Moroccan Arabic: سلق‎ (silq) Aragonese: berza, (Benasquese dialect) blleda Asturian: acelga (ast) f Basque: zerba Bulgarian: цвекло (bg) n (cveklo) Catalan: bleda (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 豬乸菜, 猪乸菜 (zyu1 naa2 coi3) Mandarin: 莙薘菜／莙荙菜 (zh), 莙薘菜／莙荙菜 (zh) (tǐngdácài), 葉用甜菜／叶用甜菜 (yèyòngtiáncài), 牛皮菜 (zh) (niúpícài), 豬乸菜／猪乸菜 (zh) (zhūnǎcài) Corsican: geia, bietula Czech: mangold (cs) Danish: bladbede Dutch: snijbiet (nl) Esperanto: folibeto Finnish: lehtimangoldi, mangoldi, lehtijuurikas French: poirée (fr) f, blette (fr) f, bette (fr) f, jotte (fr) f Galician: lampaza f, celga f, encelga f, bleda (gl) f German: Mangold (de) m Greek: σέσκουλο (el) n (séskoulo) Hungarian: mángold (hu) Irish: biatas bán Italian: bietola (it) f, bieta f Japanese: フダンソウ (fudansō), 不断草 (ふだんそう, fudansō), スイスチャード (Suisuchādo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: سِڵق‎ (sillq), گەڵاچەوەندەر‎ (gellaçewender) Northern Kurdish: dîw (ku), silka biyanî Ladino: pazi Maltese: ġidra f Maori: rau pīti, korare North Frisian: mangold, bleedbeeten Norwegian: bladbete c Picard: biéte, ghote, pòrèie Polish: boćwina (pl) f, botwina f Portuguese: acelga (pt) f, celga (pt) f Romanian: mangold m, sfeclă furajeră (ro) f, sfeclă elvețiană f Russian: манго́льд (ru) m (mangólʹd), свёкла (ru) f (svjókla) Serbo-Croatian: blitva (sh) f Slovene: blitva f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: mangold m Upper Sorbian: burak Spanish: acelga (es) f Swedish: mangold (sv) c Turkish: pazı (tr)

blanched artichoke leaves and shoots

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kaltattu artisokka French: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• chard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• D.Arch., archd., hard c

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Middle English

Etymology

Representing colloquial pronunciation. See ch-.

Verb

chard

1. I heard.