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endive

noun · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈɛndaɪv/
  • US: /ɒnˈdiːv/
  • UK: /ˈɛndaɪv/
  • UK: /ˈɛndɪv/
  • UK: /ˈɒndiːv/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (US) -iːv
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 N D IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chicory escarole, escarole

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salad green, salad greens

Narrower terms: Belgian endive, French endive, witloof

3

noun

Meaning 3

widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: witloof, Cichorium endivia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

History

Etymology

From 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.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sigorei — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Afrikaans: andyvie — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Arabic: هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔ) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Arabic: شكورية (šikūrya) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Aramaic: ܗܢܕܒܐ (hendəḇā) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Armenian: եղերդ աղցան (eġerd aġcʻan) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Armenian: եղերդակ աղցան (eġerdak aġcʻan) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Armenian: հինդք (hindkʻ) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Bulgarian: градинска жлъчка (gradinska žlǎčka) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Catalan: endívia — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 苦苣 (kǔjù) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Czech: čekanka listová — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Dutch: andijvie — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Finnish: endiivi — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • French: laitue romaine — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • German: Endivie — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Greek: αντίδι (antídi) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Greek: αντίβ (antív) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Ancient Greek: ἔντυβον (éntubon) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Ancient Greek: σέρις (séris) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Hungarian: endívia — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Irish: searbhán muc — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Italian: indivia — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Italian: scarola — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Latin: intibum — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Luxembourgish: Andéif — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Macedonian: ендивија (endivija) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Maltese: indivja — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Navajo: tʼąąʼdoolghasí — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: endiv — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: endiv — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Persian: هندبا (hendebâ) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Persian: آندیو (ândiv) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Plautdietsch: Zechuaje — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Polish: endywia — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Portuguese: endívia — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Portuguese: escarola — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Romanian: andivă — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Russian: эндивий (endivij) — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Scottish Gaelic: eanach-gàrraidh — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Scottish Gaelic: searbhan-muice gàrraidh — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Scottish Gaelic: searbhan-muc — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Serbo-Croatian: endivija — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Spanish: escarola — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Spanish: endivia — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Swedish: endiv — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Swedish: sydcikoria — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Turkish: hindiba — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Turkish: karakavuk — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia
  • Turkish: güneğik — leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia