artichoke

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lombard (deprecated template usage) articiocco, alteration of (deprecated template usage) arcicioffo (possibly influenced by (deprecated template usage) ciocco), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Spanish (deprecated template usage) alcarchofa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) الخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃəʊk/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.tɪˌtʃəʊk/
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Noun

artichoke (plural artichokes)

1. An plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature.
2. A green colour, like that of an artichoke.

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Synonyms

• globe artichoke
• Cynara scolymus (the former taxonomic name)
• Cynara cardunculus (the currently accepted taxonomic name, which also includes cardoons)

Related terms

• artichoke heart
• Jerusalem artichoke

Translations

Vegetable

• Afrikaans: artisjok
• Albanian: angjinarja
• Arabic: خُرْشُوف m (ḵuršūf), أَرْضِيّ شَوْكِيّ m (ʔarḍiyy šawkiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: خرشوفة f (xaršūfa), خرشوف m pl (xaršūf)

• Armenian: կանկառ (kankaṙ)
• Asturian: alcachofa f
• Azeri: artişok, ənginar
• Basque: orburu
• Belarusian: артышо́к m (artyšók)
• Bengali: হাতিচোক (haticōk)
• Bulgarian: артишо́к m (artišók)
• Burmese: ပဲပိုးတီ (my) (pai:pui:ti)
• Catalan: carxofera f (plant), carxofa (ca) (flower)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洋薊／洋蓟 (zh) (yángjì), 洋蓟 (yángjì), 朝鮮薊／朝鲜蓟, 朝鲜蓟 (cháoxiǎnjì), 菊芋 (zh) (júyù), 洋百合 (yángbǎihé), 法國百合／法国百合 (Fǎguó bǎihé), 法国百合 (fǎguó bǎihé)

• Czech: artyčok (cs) m
• Danish: artiskok
• Dutch: artisjok (nl) m
• Esperanto: artiŝoko
• Estonian: artišokk
• Faroese: artiskokkur m
• Finnish: latva-artisokka (fi), artisokka (fi)
• French: artichaut (fr) m
• Galician: alcachofa f
• Georgian: არტიშოკი (arṭišoḳi)
• German: Artischocke (de) f
• Greek: αγκινάρα (el) f (agkinára)
• Hebrew: ארטישוק (he) m (artishok)
• Hindi: आटिचोक (āṭicok), हाथीचक (hāthīcak)
• Hungarian: articsóka (hu)
• Icelandic: ætiþistill
• Ido: artichoko (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: bliosán m
• Italian: carciofo (it) m
• Japanese: 朝鮮薊 (chōsen azami) (Korean thistle), アーティチョーク (ja) (ātichōku)
• Kazakh: бөрікгүл (börıkgül), артишок (artişok)
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• Korean: 아티초크 (atichokeu)
• Kyrgyz: артишок (artişok)
• Latvian: artišoks m
• Ligurian: articiocca f
• Lithuanian: artišokas m
• Macedonian: артичо́ка m (artičóka)
• Malay: articok
• Maltese: qaqoċċa f
• Maori: atihoka, atihoka
• Navajo: azeeʼ hókániitsoh daadánígíí
• Norman: artichaut vèrt m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: artisjokk (no) m, artiskokk m

  Nynorsk: artisjokk m, artiskokk m

• Persian: کنگر فرنگی (kangar-e-farangi), آرتیشو (fa) (ârtišo), انگنار (fa) (angenâr)
• Polish: karczoch (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcachofra (pt) f, alcachofra hortense f
• Romanian: anghinare (ro) f
• Romansch: artischocca f
• Russian: артишо́к (ru) m (artišók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: артичока f

  Roman: artičoka (sh) f

• Sicilian: cacocciùlu (scn) m, cacocciùla (scn) f, caccioffula f
• Slovak: artičoka f
• Slovene: artičoka (sl) f
• Spanish: alcachofa (es) f, alcaucil m (Argentina, Southern Spain), alcacil m (Southeastern Spain)
• Swedish: kronärtskocka (sv)
• Tajik: анганор (anganor)
• Thai: อาติโช๊ค (aa dtì chóhk)
• Turkish: enginar (tr)
• Turkmen: artişok
• Ukrainian: артишо́к (uk) m (artyšók)
• Urdu: اٹچوك (āṭicok)
• Uzbek: artishok
• Venetian: articioco m, articiòco (vec) m, articiòch m
• Vietnamese: atisô
• Volapük: tijod (vo), (older term) tijep

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) “Artichoke”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.