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artichoke

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/ rhotic
  • /ˈɑː.tɪˌtʃəʊk/ non-rhotic
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: globe artichoke

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg

4

noun

Meaning 4

Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: globe artichoke, artichoke plant, Cynara scolymus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vegetable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍 (arsuppu)bor.? Middle Persian xār (hʾl) Middle Persian čōp (cwp) Middle Persian *xār-čōpbor.? Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish alcarchofabor. Occitan artichautbor.? Lombard articiochbor. English artichoke From Lombard articioch (cf. articiocco), from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršúf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf), definite form of خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).

Across languages

Translations

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: artisjok — vegetable
  • Albanian: angjinare — vegetable
  • Albanian: artiçokë — vegetable
  • Amharic: ከርቹፍ (kärčuf) — vegetable
  • Amharic: ኀርቹፍ (ḫärčuf) — vegetable
  • Arabic: خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf) — vegetable
  • Arabic: خُرْشُوفَة (ḵuršūfa) — vegetable
  • Arabic: أَرْضِي شَوْكِي (ʔarḍī šawkī, ʔarḍī šōkī) — vegetable
  • Arabic: خرشوف (ḵaršūf) — vegetable
  • Arabic: خرشوفة (ḵaršūfa) — vegetable
  • Arabic: خَرْشوف (ḵaršūf) — vegetable
  • Arabic: قوق (qūq) — vegetable
  • Arabic: خرشوف (ḵaršūf) — vegetable
  • Arabic: خرشف (ḵuršuf) — vegetable
  • Arabic: قنارية (qannāriyya) — vegetable
  • Arabic: أرضي شوكي (ʔarḍī šōkī) — vegetable
  • Arabic: إنجنار (ʔenginār) — vegetable
  • Tunisian Arabic: ڨنّاريّة (gennariya) — vegetable
  • Armenian: կանկառ (kankaṙ) — vegetable
  • Asturian: alcachofa — vegetable
  • Azerbaijani: artişok — vegetable
  • Azerbaijani: ənginar — vegetable
  • Basque: orburu — vegetable
  • Basque: alkatxofa — vegetable
  • Belarusian: артышо́к (artyšók) — vegetable
  • Bengali: হাতিচোক (haticōk) — vegetable
  • Bulgarian: артишо́к (artišók) — vegetable
  • Burmese: ပဲပိုးတီ (pai:pui:ti) — vegetable
  • Catalan: carxofera — vegetable
  • Catalan: carxofa — vegetable
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雅枝竹 (ngaa5 zi1 zuk1) — vegetable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洋薊 /洋蓟 (yángjì) — vegetable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝鮮薊 /朝鲜蓟 (cháoxiǎnjì) — vegetable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洋百合 (yángbǎihé) — vegetable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法國百合 /法国百合 (fǎguó bǎihé) — vegetable
  • Cornish: askalen dhybri — vegetable
  • Czech: artyčok — vegetable
  • Danish: artiskok — vegetable
  • Dutch: artisjok — vegetable
  • East Frisian Low German: artisjoek — vegetable
  • East Frisian Low German: jöökel — vegetable
  • East Frisian Low German: höökel (Harlingerland, Jeverland) — vegetable
  • Esperanto: artiŝoko — vegetable
  • Estonian: artišokk — vegetable
  • Faroese: artiskokkur — vegetable
  • Finnish: latva-artisokka — vegetable
  • Finnish: artisokka — vegetable
  • French: artichaut — vegetable
  • West-Frisian: artisjok — vegetable
  • Galician: alcachofra — vegetable
  • Galician: herba tioura — vegetable
  • Galician: herba punteira — vegetable
  • Georgian: არტიშოკი (arṭišoḳi) — vegetable
  • German: Artischocke — vegetable
  • Greek: αγκινάρα (agkinára) — vegetable
  • Ancient Greek: σκόλυμος (skólumos) — vegetable
  • Ancient Greek: κινάρα (kinára) — vegetable
  • Ancient Greek: κᾰ́κτος (kắktos) — vegetable
  • Hebrew: אַרְטִישׁוֹק (artishók) — vegetable
  • Hebrew: קִנְרָס (kinrás) — vegetable
  • Hebrew: חֻרְשָׁף (khursháf) — vegetable
  • Hindi: आटिचोक (āṭicok) — vegetable
  • Hindi: हाथीचक (hāthīcak) — vegetable
  • Hungarian: articsóka — vegetable
  • Icelandic: ætiþistill — vegetable
  • Icelandic: þistilhjarta — vegetable
  • Ido: artichoko — vegetable
  • Irish: bliosán — vegetable
  • Italian: carciofo — vegetable
  • Japanese: アーティチョーク (ātichōku) — vegetable
  • Japanese: 朝鮮薊 (Chōsen azami) — vegetable
  • Kashubian: artëczok — vegetable
  • Kazakh: бөрікгүл (börıkgül) — vegetable
  • Kazakh: артишок (artişok) — vegetable
  • Korean: 아티초크 (atichokeu) — vegetable
  • Kyrgyz: артишок (artişok) — vegetable
  • Ladino: endjinara — vegetable
  • Ladino: anginara — vegetable
  • Latin: carduus — vegetable
  • Latvian: artišoks — vegetable
  • Ligurian: articiòcca — vegetable
  • Lithuanian: artišokas — vegetable
  • Macedonian: артичо́ка (artičóka) — vegetable
  • Malay: articok — vegetable
  • Malay: kharsyuf — vegetable
  • Maltese: qaqoċċa — vegetable
  • Māori: atihoka — vegetable
  • Navajo: azeeʼ hókániitsoh daadánígíí — vegetable
  • Norman: artichaut vèrt — vegetable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: artisjokk — vegetable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: artiskokk — vegetable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: artisjokk — vegetable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: artiskokk — vegetable
  • Occitan: carchòfa — vegetable
  • Pennsylvania German: Aerdabbel — vegetable
  • Persian: کنگر فرنگی (kangar-e farangi) — vegetable
  • Persian: آرتیشو (ârtišo) — vegetable
  • Persian: انگنار (angenâr) — vegetable
  • Polish: karczoch — vegetable
  • Portuguese: alcachofra — vegetable
  • Portuguese: alcachofra hortense — vegetable
  • Romagnol: articiòc — vegetable
  • Romanian: anghinare — vegetable
  • Romansh: artischocca — vegetable
  • Russian: артишо́к (artišók) — vegetable
  • Scottish Gaelic: bliochdan — vegetable
  • Serbo-Croatian: артичока — vegetable
  • Serbo-Croatian: artičoka — vegetable
  • Sicilian: cacòcciulu — vegetable
  • Sicilian: cacòcciula — vegetable
  • Sicilian: carciòffula — vegetable
  • Slovak: artičoka — vegetable
  • Slovene: artičoka — vegetable
  • Lower Sorbian: artišoka — vegetable
  • Upper Sorbian: artišoka — vegetable
  • Spanish: alcachofa — vegetable
  • Spanish: alcaucil — vegetable
  • Spanish: alcachofera — vegetable
  • Spanish: arcacil — vegetable
  • Swedish: kronärtskocka — vegetable
  • Tagalog: alkatsopas — vegetable
  • Tajik: анганор (anganor) — vegetable
  • Thai: อาติโช๊ค (aa-tí-chóok) — vegetable
  • Turkish: enginar — vegetable
  • Ottoman Turkish: انكنار (enginar, inginar) — vegetable
  • Turkmen: artişok — vegetable
  • Ukrainian: артишо́к (artyšók) — vegetable
  • Urdu: اٹچوک (āṭicok) — vegetable
  • Uzbek: artishok — vegetable
  • Venetan: articioco — vegetable
  • Venetan: articiòco — vegetable
  • Venetan: articiòch — vegetable
  • Vietnamese: atisô — vegetable
  • Volapük: tijod — vegetable
  • Volapük: tijep — vegetable
  • Welsh: artisiog — vegetable
  • Yiddish: אַרטישאָק (artishok) — vegetable