chorizo
French, noun/ʃɔ.ʁi.zo/
chorizo is spelled C-H-O-R-I-Z-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chorizo is a French masculine noun meaning “chorizo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Saucisse le plus souvent sèche fabriquée à partir de viande de porc ou d’un mélange de porc et de bœuf…”.
What does chorizo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechorizo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Saucisse le plus souvent sèche fabriquée à partir de viande de porc ou d’un mélange de porc et de bœuf, assaisonné avec du sel et du pimentón espagnol, une variété de paprika, qui lui donne sa couleur rouille et son goût légèrement fruité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chorizo
- chorizos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chorizo?
- /ʃɔ.ʁi.zo/
- \ʃo.ʁi.zo\
- \tʃo.ʁi.zo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chorizo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chorizo in French?
chorizo appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).