arroz
Basque
Pronunciation
- (most dialects) Rhymes: -aros̻
- (Biscayan) Rhymes: -aros̺
- Hyphenation: a‧rroz
Declension
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | arroz | arroza | arrozak |
ergative | arrozek | arrozak | arrozek |
dative | arrozi | arrozari | arrozei |
genitive | arrozen | arrozaren | arrozen |
comitative | arrozekin | arrozarekin | arrozekin |
causative | arrozengatik | arrozarengatik | arrozengatik |
benefactive | arrozentzat | arrozarentzat | arrozentzat |
instrumental | arrozez | arrozaz | arrozez |
inessive | arrozetan | arrozean | arrozetan |
locative | arrozetako | arrozeko | arrozetako |
allative | arrozetara | arrozera | arrozetara |
terminative | arrozetaraino | arrozeraino | arrozetaraino |
directive | arrozetarantz | arrozerantz | arrozetarantz |
destinative | arrozetarako | arrozerako | arrozetarako |
ablative | arrozetatik | arrozetik | arrozetatik |
partitive | arrozik | — | — |
prolative | arroztzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- arroz-esne
- arroz-zahi
- arroztegi
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza, “rice”), of Iranian origin.
Noun
arroz m (plural arroces)
- (uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa, a cereal)
- rice (specific variety of rice)
- Gran caldeiro de arroz con leite e outras miudenzas.
- Large cauldron of rice with milk and other offal.
- (uncountable) rice (the seeds of this cereal)
Further reading
- “arroz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “arroz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
Ladino
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Spanish arroz, from Andalusian Arabic أرز (arráwz), from Arabic أَرُّزّ (ʔarruzz), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza); see there for more.
Noun
arroz m (Latin spelling, plural arrozes)
- (uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food)
- rice (a specific variety of this plant)
- (uncountable) rice (the seeds of this plant used as food)
- Ayde pashá, mércame un kiló de arroz.
- Come on dear (boy), buy me one kilo of rice.
- A mí me plaze muncho comer arroz.
- I like a lot eating rice.
- (Salóniko) a plate of rice
Portuguese

Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza, “rice”), of Iranian origin.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʁo(j)s/ [aˈho(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈʁo(j)ʃ/ [aˈχo(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈʁoʃ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ar‧roz
Noun
arroz m (plural arrozes)
- (uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa, a cereal)
- rice (specific variety of rice)
- (uncountable) rice (the seeds of this cereal)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:arroz.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- arroz-agulha
- arroz-bravo
- arroz carreteiro
- arroz de auçá
- arroz de cuxá
- arroz-de-espinho
- arroz de festa
- arroz-de-leite
- arroz-de-rato
- arroz-de-telhado
- arroz do brejo
- arroz-doce
- arroz miúdo do Peru
- arrozinho (diminutive)
- feijão-com-arroz
Related terms
- arrozal
- arrozeiro
- rizícola
- rizicultor
- rizicultura
- riziforme
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], via Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), via Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, “rice”), from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), ultimately from Iranian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈroθ/ [aˈroθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈros/ [aˈros]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -oθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: a‧rroz
Noun
arroz m (plural arroces)
- rice (cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food)
- rice (the seeds of this plant used as food)
Hyponyms
- arroz basmati
- arroz cantonés
- arroz chaufa
- arroz frito (“fried rice”)
- arroz integral (“brown rice”)
- arroz negro
- arroz tres delicias
Derived terms
- arrocera
- arrocería
- arrocero
- arroz caldoso
- arroz con cosas
- arroz con leche
- arroz con pollo
- arroz rojo
- arroz tres delicias
- arrozal
- leche de arroz
- pasarse el arroz
- pastel de arroz
- que si quieres arroz, Catalina
- vaporera de arroz (“rice cooker”) (Spain)
- vaporera para arroz (“rice cooker”) (Mexico)
Descendants
- → Ye'kwana: ado
References
Further reading
- “arroz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014