xicoira

• xicoia, xicòria

Inherited from Latin cichoria, plural of cichorium, a borrowing of Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion). The initial x is most like due to the influence of Mozarabic. Compare Spanish chicoria.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃiˈkɔj.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃiˈkɔj.ɾa]

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xicoira f (plural xicoires)

1. common chicory

• “xicoira”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007