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Arabic اَلـ (al-)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ARTICHOKE

Andalusian Arabic الـ (al-)

Akkadian 𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍 (arsuppu)bor.?

Middle Persian xār (hʾl)

Middle Persian čōp (cwp)

Middle Persian *xār-čōpbor.?

Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)

Andalusian Arabic خَرْشُوف (ḵaršúf)

Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršúf)bor.

Old Spanish alcarchofabor.

Occitan artichautbor.?

Lombard articiochbor.

English artichoke

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From Lombard Category:English terms borrowed from Lombard#ARTICHOKE Category:English terms derived from Lombard#ARTICHOKE articioch (cf. articiocco), from Occitan Category:English terms derived from Occitan#ARTICHOKE artichaut, from Old Spanish Category:English terms derived from Old Spanish#ARTICHOKE alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic Category:English terms derived from Andalusian Arabic#ARTICHOKE الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršúf), from Arabic Category:English terms derived from Arabic#ARTICHOKE الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf), definite form of خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/Category:English 3-syllable words#ARTICHOKE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARTICHOKE
(non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.tɪˌtʃəʊk/Category:English 3-syllable words#ARTICHOKE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ARTICHOKE
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ARTICHOKE

Noun

artichoke (countable and uncountable, plural artichokes)Category:English lemmas#ARTICHOKE Category:English nouns#ARTICHOKE Category:English uncountable nouns#ARTICHOKE Category:English countable nouns#ARTICHOKE Category:English countable nouns#ARTICHOKE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ARTICHOKE Category:Pages with entries#ARTICHOKE Category:Pages with 1 entry#ARTICHOKE

(countable Category:English countable nouns#ARTICHOKE) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (variety)#Cynara%20cardunculus%20var.%20scolymus.
- 2013 April 2, David Tanis, “Hurry Up, Spring”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 April 2013, Dining & Wine‎:
  At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
  Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
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A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
artichoke:

Synonyms

globe artichoke (edible variety)
cardoon (wild variety)
Cynara scolymus (the former taxonomic name)
Cynara cardunculus (the currently accepted taxonomic name, which also includes cardoons)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bengali: হাতিচোক (haticōk)
→ Cantonese: 雅枝竹 (ngaa⁵ zi¹ zuk¹)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: आटिचोक (āṭicok)
- Urdu: اٹچوک (āṭicok)
→ Indonesian: articok
→ Korean: 아티초크 (atichokeu)
→ Japanese: アーティチョーク
→ North Levantine Arabic: أرضي شوكي
→ South Levantine Arabic: أرضي شوكي
→ Thai: อาติโช๊ค

Translations

vegetable

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Afrikaans: artisjok (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#ARTICHOKE
Albanian: angjinare (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#ARTICHOKE, artiçokë fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#ARTICHOKE
Amharic: ከርቹፍ (kärčuf)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#ARTICHOKE, ኀርቹፍ (ḫärčuf)Category:Terms with Amharic translations#ARTICHOKE
Arabic: خُرْشُوف m (ḵuršūf)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE, خُرْشُوفَة f (ḵuršūfa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE (singulative), أَرْضِي شَوْكِي m (ʔarḍī šawkī, ʔarḍī šōkī)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ARTICHOKE Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE
Egyptian Arabic: خرشوف m pl (ḵaršūf)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE, خرشوفة f (ḵaršūfa)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE (singulative)

Hijazi Arabic: خَرْشوف m pl (ḵaršūf)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE

Moroccan Arabic: قوق (qūq)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE, خرشوف (ḵaršūf)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE, خرشف (ḵuršuf)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE, قنارية (qannāriyya)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE

South Levantine Arabic: أرضي شوكي m (ʔarḍī šōkī)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE, إنجنار m (ʔenginār)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE

Tunisian Arabic: ڨنّاريّة f (gennariya)Category:Terms with Tunisian Arabic translations#ARTICHOKE
Armenian: կանկառ (hy) (kankaṙ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ARTICHOKE
Asturian: alcachofa (ast) fCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#ARTICHOKE
Azerbaijani: artişokCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ARTICHOKE, ənginarCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#ARTICHOKE
Basque: orburuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#ARTICHOKE, alkatxofaCategory:Terms with Basque translations#ARTICHOKE
Belarusian: артышо́к m (artyšók)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#ARTICHOKE
Bengali: হাতিচোক (bn) (haticōk)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#ARTICHOKE
Bulgarian: артишо́к m (artišók)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ARTICHOKE
Burmese: ပဲပိုးတီ (my) (pai:pui:ti)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#ARTICHOKE
Catalan: carxofera (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ARTICHOKE (plant), carxofa (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#ARTICHOKE (flower)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 雅枝竹 (ngaa⁵ zi¹ zuk¹)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#ARTICHOKE

Mandarin: 洋薊 / 洋蓟 (zh) (yángjì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ARTICHOKE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ARTICHOKE, 朝鮮薊 / 朝鲜蓟 (zh) (cháoxiǎnjì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ARTICHOKE, 洋百合 (yángbǎihé)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ARTICHOKE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ARTICHOKE, 法國百合 / 法国百合 (fǎguó bǎihé)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ARTICHOKE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ARTICHOKE
Cornish: askalen dhybri sgCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#ARTICHOKE
Czech: artyčok (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ARTICHOKE
Danish: artiskok cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#ARTICHOKE
Dutch: artisjok (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ARTICHOKE
East Frisian Low German: artisjoek mCategory:Terms with East Frisian Low German translations#ARTICHOKE Category:Terms with Low German translations#ARTICHOKE, jöökel mCategory:Terms with East Frisian Low German translations#ARTICHOKE Category:Terms with Low German translations#ARTICHOKE, höökel mCategory:Terms with East Frisian Low German translations#ARTICHOKE Category:Terms with Low German translations#ARTICHOKE (Harlingerland, Jeverland)
Esperanto: artiŝokoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ARTICHOKE
Estonian: artišokkCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ARTICHOKE
Faroese: artiskokkur mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#ARTICHOKE
Finnish: latva-artisokka (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ARTICHOKE, artisokka (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ARTICHOKE
French: artichaut (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ARTICHOKE
Frisian:
West Frisian: artisjok cCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#ARTICHOKE
Galician: alcachofra (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#ARTICHOKE, herba tioura fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#ARTICHOKE, herba punteira fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#ARTICHOKE
Georgian: არტიშოკი (arṭišoḳi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#ARTICHOKE
German: Artischocke (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#ARTICHOKE
Greek: αγκινάρα (el) f (agkinára)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ARTICHOKE
Ancient Greek: σκόλυμος m (skólumos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#ARTICHOKE, κινάρα f (kinára)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#ARTICHOKE, κᾰ́κτος m (kắktos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#ARTICHOKE
Hebrew: אַרְטִישׁוֹק (he) m (artishók)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#ARTICHOKE, קִנְרָס (he) m (kinrás)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#ARTICHOKE, חֻרְשָׁף (he) m (khursháf)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#ARTICHOKE
Hindi: आटिचोक (āṭicok)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#ARTICHOKE, हाथीचक (hi) (hāthīcak)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#ARTICHOKE
Hungarian: articsóka (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ARTICHOKE
Icelandic: ætiþistill mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#ARTICHOKE, þistilhjarta (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#ARTICHOKE
Ido: artichoko (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#ARTICHOKE
Irish: bliosán mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ARTICHOKE
Italian: carciofo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ARTICHOKE
Japanese: アーティチョーク (ja) (ātichōku)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ARTICHOKE, 朝鮮薊 (ja) (ちょうせんあざみ, Chōsen azami)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ARTICHOKE (Korean thistle)
Kashubian: artëczokCategory:Terms with Kashubian translations#ARTICHOKE
Kazakh: бөрікгүл (börıkgül)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#ARTICHOKE, артишок (artişok)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#ARTICHOKE
Korean: 아티초크 (atichokeu)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ARTICHOKE
Kyrgyz: артишок (ky) (artişok)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#ARTICHOKE
Ladino: endjinaraCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#ARTICHOKE, anginaraCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#ARTICHOKE
Latin: carduus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#ARTICHOKE
Latvian: artišoks mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#ARTICHOKE
Ligurian: articiòcca fCategory:Terms with Ligurian translations#ARTICHOKE
Lithuanian: artišokas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#ARTICHOKE
Macedonian: артичо́ка m (artičóka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ARTICHOKE
Malay: articokCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ARTICHOKE, kharsyufCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ARTICHOKE
Maltese: qaqoċċa fCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#ARTICHOKE
Māori: atihokaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ARTICHOKE
Navajo: azeeʼ hókániitsoh daadánígííCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#ARTICHOKE
Norman: artichaut vèrt mCategory:Terms with Norman translations#ARTICHOKE (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: artisjokk (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ARTICHOKE, artiskokk mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ARTICHOKE

Nynorsk: artisjokk mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#ARTICHOKE, artiskokk mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#ARTICHOKE
Occitan: carchòfa (oc) fCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#ARTICHOKE
Pennsylvania German: AerdabbelCategory:Terms with Pennsylvania German translations#ARTICHOKE
Persian: کنگر فرنگی (kangar-e farangi)Category:Terms with Persian translations#ARTICHOKE, آرتیشو (fa) (ârtišo)Category:Terms with Persian translations#ARTICHOKE, انگنار (fa) (angenâr)Category:Terms with Persian translations#ARTICHOKE
Polish: karczoch (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ARTICHOKE
Portuguese: alcachofra (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ARTICHOKE, alcachofra hortense fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ARTICHOKE
Romagnol: articiòc mCategory:Terms with Romagnol translations#ARTICHOKE
Romanian: anghinare (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ARTICHOKE
Romansh: artischocca fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#ARTICHOKE
Russian: артишо́к (ru) m (artišók)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ARTICHOKE
Scottish Gaelic: bliochdan mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#ARTICHOKE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: артичока fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ARTICHOKE

Latin: artičoka (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#ARTICHOKE
Sicilian: cacòcciulu (scn) mCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#ARTICHOKE, cacòcciula (scn) fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#ARTICHOKE, carciòffula (scn) fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#ARTICHOKE
Slovak: artičoka (sk) fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ARTICHOKE
Slovene: artičoka (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#ARTICHOKE
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: artišoka fCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#ARTICHOKE

Upper Sorbian: artišoka fCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#ARTICHOKE
Spanish: alcachofa (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ARTICHOKE, alcaucil (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ARTICHOKE (Argentina, Southern Spain), alcachofera fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ARTICHOKE (plant), arcacil (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ARTICHOKE
Swedish: kronärtskocka (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#ARTICHOKE
Tagalog: alkatsopasCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#ARTICHOKE
Tajik: анганор (anganor)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#ARTICHOKE
Thai: อาติโช๊คCategory:Terms with Thai translations#ARTICHOKE
Turkish: enginar (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ARTICHOKE
Ottoman Turkish: انكنار (enginar, inginar)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#ARTICHOKE
Turkmen: artişokCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#ARTICHOKE
Ukrainian: артишо́к (uk) m (artyšók)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ARTICHOKE
Urdu: اٹچوک (āṭicok)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#ARTICHOKE
Uzbek: artishokCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#ARTICHOKE
Venetan: articioco mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#ARTICHOKE, articiòco (vec) mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#ARTICHOKE, articiòch (vec) mCategory:Terms with Venetan translations#ARTICHOKE
Vietnamese: atisôCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#ARTICHOKE
Volapük: tijod (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#ARTICHOKE, (older term) tijepCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#ARTICHOKE
Welsh: artisiogCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#ARTICHOKE
Yiddish: אַרטישאָק m (artishok)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#ARTICHOKE

References

↑ Elcock, W. D. (1960), The Romance Languages‎, page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
↑ “alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
↑ artichaut in Dicod'oc

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.

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[1] Elcock, W. D. (1960), The Romance Languages‎, page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".

[2] “alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

[3] rtichaut in Dicod'oc

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