# sorgo
## English
### Etymology

From Italian sorgo. Doublet of sorgho and sorghum.

### Noun

sorgo (uncountable)
* (dated) sorghum
** 1964, Otto H. Coleman, I. E. Stokes, Storage studies of sorgo:Juice extraction remained constant for sorgo stalks kept wet, but it decreased gradually for dry stalks during 2 weeks storage.

### References

* ↑ “sorgo” under “sorgho, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish sorgo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɔr.ɡu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsɔr.ɡo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsoɾ.ɣo]

### Noun

sorgo m (plural sorgos)
* sorghum
    Synonym: melca

### Further reading

* “sorgo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sorgo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sorgo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sorgo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sorgo n (uncountable)
* sorghum

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Russian со́рго (sórgo), English sorghum, French sorgho, all from Italian sorgo, from Latin syricus (“Syrian”). Doublet of Sirio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsorɡo]
* Rhymes: -orɡo
* Hyphenation: sor‧go

### Noun

sorgo (accusative singular sorgon, plural sorgoj, accusative plural sorgojn)
* sorghum

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔʁ.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sorgo m (plural sorgos)
* post-1990 spelling of sorgho

## Galician
### Noun

sorgo m (plural sorgos)
* sorghum (a cereal)

### Further reading

* “sorgo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsor.ɡo/, /ˈsɔr.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -orɡo, -ɔrɡo
* Hyphenation: sór‧go, sòr‧go

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin syricus (“Syrian”).

#### Noun

sorgo m (plural sorghi)
* sorghum
    Synonyms: meliga, saggina

##### Descendants

* → Russian: со́рго (sórgo)
** → Armenian: սորգո (sorgo)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

sorgo
* first-person singular present indicative of sorgere

### References

* ↑ sorgo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔr.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrɡɔ
* Syllabification: sor‧go

### Noun

sorgo n
* sorghum

#### Declension
### Further reading

* sorgo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsoʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsoɦ.ɡu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsoʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsoɦ.ɡu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈsoɾ.ɡu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsoʁ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsoɻ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsoɾ.ɡu/ [ˈsoɾ.ɣu]

### Noun

sorgo m (plural sorgos)
* sorghum (a cereal)

### Further reading

* “sorgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin Syricum, from Syria.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsoɾɡo/ [ˈsoɾ.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -oɾɡo
* Syllabification: sor‧go

### Noun

sorgo m (plural sorgos)
* sorghum
    Synonym: zahína

#### Derived terms

* sorgo de Alepo

### Further reading

* “sorgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10