# artichoke

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/ · frequency rank #40,126

## Definitions
1. A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
2. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Arabic اَلـ (al-)
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
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).

## Common misspellings (13)
`aritchoke`, `arrtichoke`, `artcihoke`, `articchoke`, `artichhoke`, `artichkoe`, `artichoek`, `artichokke`, `articohke`, `artihcoke`, `arttichoke`, `atrichoke`, `ratichoke`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/artichoke