artichaut

artichoke

noun ahr-tee-SHOH Rare

Usage Note

Artichaut refers to the globe artichoke, a thistle-family vegetable widely cultivated in Brittany and Provence. The heart (le fond d'artichaut) is the edible base. The phrase avoir un coeur d'artichaut ('to have an artichoke heart') idiomatically describes someone who falls in love too easily.

Examples

"Il a mangé un artichaut avec de la vinaigrette."

Natural Translation

He ate an artichoke with vinaigrette.

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