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artichoke

/ˈɑːtəˌtʃəʊk/AHR-tuh-chohk
/ˈɑɹtəˌtʃoʊk/AHR-tuh-chohk

Meaningan arti- choke

Common meaning: thistle-like vegetable with edible flower buds

Journey through time

  1. Italianarticiocco‘an arti- choke’source
  2. Spanishalcarchofa‘artichoke’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsan arti- choke → thistle-like vegetable with edible flower budsartichoke‘thistle-like vegetable with edible flower buds’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian articiocco ‘an arti- choke’.

Roots

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