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arroz

UK/aˈɹɒs/US/əˈɹoʊs/

arroz noun: any Spanish rice-based dish.

Noun

arroz (plural arrozes or arroces)

  1. Any Spanish rice-based dish.
    • Reliable, traditional bar-restaurant for dishes of the sierra including […] arrozes (rice dishes).2015, The Rough Guide to Spain

Proper noun capitalized: Arroz

Arroz (plural Arrozs or Arrozes)

  1. A surname from Portuguese

Forms of arroz

Noun
pluralarrozes
pluralarroces
Proper noun
pluralArrozs
pluralArrozes

Origin of arroz

Borrowed from Spanish arroz, from Old Spanish arroz, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic روز (rawz), from Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), from رُزّ (ruzz), borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš, from *wriHǰíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wriHǰʰíš. Doublet of rice. The initial vowel of the Spanish and English words is because the specific Arabic eymon is either the definite form ar-rawz/ar-ruzz or the variant form أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz).

Portuguese Arroz

Phrases with arroz

Questions about arroz

What does arroz mean?
Arroz means any Spanish rice-based dish.
What part of speech is arroz?
Arroz can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce arroz?
Arroz is pronounced /aˈɹɒs/ (UK).
What is the plural of arroz?
The plural of arroz is arrozes.

Words near arroz in the dictionary

  1. Arroyo Grande
  2. arroyo toad
  3. arroyo willow
  4. arroyos
  5. Arroyoses
  6. arroz
  7. arroz caldo
  8. arroz con leche
  9. arroz con pollo
  10. arrozes
  11. arrs

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