orzo
See also: orzò
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian orzo (“barley”), from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”). Compare orgeat.
Pronunciation
Noun
orzo (uncountable)
Translations
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.
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”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
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