horchata

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(h)ɔːɹˈt͡ʃɑːtə/ === Noun === horchata (countable and uncountable, plural horchatas) A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds (or, historically, barley), water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:horchata. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === horchata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “horchata”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Spanish == === Etymology === Possibly from Catalan/Valencian orxata (possibly via a Mozarabic source), from Vulgar Latin *hordeata, from Latin hordeum (“barley”). However, the word was attested relatively late in Catalan as well (17th-18th century), so this is uncertain. Alternatively, it may be of Italian origin; cf. orzata (“barley water”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oɾˈt͡ʃata/ [oɾˈt͡ʃa.t̪a] Rhymes: -ata Syllabification: hor‧cha‧ta === Noun === horchata f (plural horchatas) horchata (sweet beverage) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== agua fresca === References === === Further reading === “horchata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 horchata on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es