arroz

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noun

Any Spanish rice-based dish.

OriginSpanish arroz ← Old Spanish arroz ← Andalusian Arabic روز (rawz) →
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Meanings

arroz1

nounarroz (plural arrozes or arroces)

plural arrozes · plural arroces

  1. cookingAny Spanish rice-based dish.

    Reliable, traditional bar-restaurant for dishes of the sierra including […] arrozes (rice dishes).

    2015, The Rough Guide to Spain

Arroz2

proper nounArroz (plural Arrozs or Arrozes)

plural Arrozs · plural Arrozes

  1. A surname from Portuguese

Origin

arroz · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*wriHǰʰíš
  2. Proto-Iranian*wriHǰíš
  3. Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
  4. Ancient Greekὄρυζα (óruza)
  5. Arabicرُزّ (ruzz)
  6. Arabic*رَوْز (*rawz)
  7. Andalusian Arabicروز (rawz)
  8. Old Spanisharroz
  9. Spanisharroz
  10. Englisharroz

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).

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Arroz · proper noun

  1. PortugueseArroz
  2. EnglishArroz

Portuguese Arroz

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Translations

Portuguese Arroz
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Spanish Arroz
  • ArrozTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

arroz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arroz

MLA

“arroz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arroz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arroz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arroz.

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