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noun, feminine

endive

/ɑ̃.div/

noun, feminine/ɑ̃.div/plural: endives

Belgian endive (edible chicory bud of Cichorium intybus)

Une salade d'endive.

Synonyms: chicon

Inherited from Middle French endive, endivie, andive, indivie, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia~endivia, from Byzantine Greek ἐντύβιον (entúbion), from Latin intibus (which see). The ultimate source is likely Semitic.