sorgho

English

Etymology

From French sorgho. Doublet of sorghum and sorgo.

Noun

sorgho (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) sorghum
   • 1818, J. B. Henry Savigny, Alexander Correard, Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816‎^[1]:

     It is by manuring the land, with the dung of their cattle, that the Negroes raise pretty good crops of sorgho.

French

Alternative forms

• sorgo (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.ɡo/

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Noun

sorgho m (plural sorghos)

1. sorghum

Further reading

• “sorgho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.