endive
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicoryA leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
» Endives, walnuts and roquefort are the ingredients of a good salad that can be enjoyed with a walnut or sunflower oil vinaigrette.
Endivien, Walnüsse und Roquefort sind die Zutaten für einen guten Salat, den man mit Walnuss- oder Sonnenblumenölmarinade genießen kann. — Esperantostern
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
Endivie
эндивийendivij
- widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
- variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
Examples
1 sentencesEndives, walnuts and roquefort are the ingredients of a good salad that can be enjoyed with a walnut or sunflower oil vinaigrette.
deEndivien, Walnüsse und Roquefort sind die Zutaten für einen guten Salat, den man mit Walnuss- oder Sonnenblumenölmarinade genießen kann. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia~endivia, from ByFrom Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia~endivia, from Byzantine Greek ἐντύβιον (entúbion), from Latin intibus (which see). The ultimate source is likely Semitic.
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Forms
plural: endivesSynonyms
4 synonyms- widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched:witloofCichorium endivia
- variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges:chicory escaroleescarole
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable