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escarole

noun · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛskəɹəʊl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ɹɒl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɛskəɹoʊl/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, uncountable, usually

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, endive

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: salad green, salad greens

Narrower terms: Belgian endive, French endive, witloof

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French escarole, from Italian scariola, scarola (“chicory; endive”), from Late Latin escariola, scariola, from Latin ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table”) (from edō (“to eat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h1ed- (“to eat”)) + -ola (from -olus, -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of scariole.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: escarola — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • Dutch: andijvie — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • Esperanto: larĝfolia endivio — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • Esperanto: skarolo — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • French: escarole — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • French: scarole — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • German: Eskariol — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • German: Glatte Endivie — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • German: Winterendivie — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • Hungarian: keszegsaláta — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • Ido: eskarolo — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • Italian: scarola — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)
  • Polish: endywia — subspecies or variety of endive (var. latifolia)