How to pronounce artichoke
American English pronunciation
AR-tih-chohk
- IPA
- /ˈɑɹtɪˌtʃoʊk/
- Syllables
- AR · tih · chohk (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What artichoke means
A vegetable that is a big flower bud with thick leaves
In a sentence: Mom pulled off the artichoke's leaves one by one and dipped them in butter.
Where it comes from: It passed through Italian, French and Spanish, and goes back to the Arabic name for the plant.
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