artichoke

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Arabic اَلـ (al-)
Andalusian Arabic الـ (al-)
Akkadian 𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍 (arsuppu)bor.?
Middle Persian xār (hʾl)
Middle Persian čōp (cwp)
Middle Persian *xār-čōpbor.?
Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)
Andalusian Arabic خَرْشُوف (ḵaršúf)
Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršúf)bor.
Old Spanish alcarchofabor.
Occitan artichautbor.?
Lombard articiochbor.
English artichoke

    From Lombard articioch (cf. articiocco), from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršúf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf), definite form of خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).[1][2][3]

    Pronunciation

    • (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/
    • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.tɪˌtʃəʊk/
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    Noun

    artichoke (countable and uncountable, plural artichokes)

    1. (countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
      • 2013 April 2, David Tanis, “Hurry Up, Spring”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 April 2013, Dining & Wine‎[3]:
        At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
        Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
    2. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
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    1. ^ Elcock, W. D. (1960), The Romance Languages‎[1], page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
    2. ^ “alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
    3. ^ artichaut in Dicod'oc
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