Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horchata

/(h)ɔːɹˈt͡ʃɑːtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: hor-cha-ta
IPA: /(h)ɔːɹˈt͡ʃɑːtə/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds (or, historically, barley), water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Manufacturers from the villages surrounding the capital of the region came each day to the city of Valencia with carts pulled by donkeys to sell fresh horchata, tiger nuts and barley water."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish horchata, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *hordeata (“(drink, food) made of barley”), from hordeum (“barley”), either via Catalan/Valencian orxata (possibly via a Mozarabic source), or via Italian orzata. Doublet of orgeat (“almond syrup”) and orzo (“barley-shaped pasta”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: horchata, *hordeata, -, orxata, orzata

Usage

Inflected Forms

horchatas (plural)

Derived Forms

Rumchata

Questions

How do you pronounce horchata?: The recorded pronunciation is /(h)ɔːɹˈt͡ʃɑːtə/.
What does horchata mean?: A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds (or, historically, barley), water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk.
Where does horchata come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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