mâche

See also: mache, maché, mâché, and mǎchē

English

Alternative forms

• mache

mâche leaves

Etymology

Borrowed from French mâche.

Noun

mâche (uncountable)

1. Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.

Usage notes

Though there are native terms for this plant, the French term is often used. (Similar to arugula versus rocket.)

Synonyms

• (Other common names of V. locusta): corn salad, cornsalad, common corn salad, European cornsalad, field salad, lamb's lettuce, Lewiston cornsalad, milk grass, rapunzel, smooth-fruited milk grass

Translations

Valerianella locusta

• Basque: ardi-mihi
• Catalan: herba dels canonges f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 萵苣纈草／莴苣缬草 (gao ju xie cao) (Taiwan), (ye ju)

• Czech: polníček (cs) m
• Danish: tandfri vårsalat
• Dutch: veldsla (nl)
• French: mâche (fr), mâche potagère, valérianelle (fr), blanchette (fr), boursette (fr), clairette (fr), doucette (fr), oreillette (fr), rampon (fr), valérianelle (fr), salade de blé (fr)
• German: Ackersalat, ^{(please verify)} Echter Feldsalat, ^{(please verify)} Gewöhnlicher Feldsalat, (Switzerland) Nüsslisalat, ^{(please verify)} Nüsslisalat Feldsalat, Rapunzel (de), ^{(please verify)} Salat-Rapünzchen, ^{(please verify)} Sonnenwirbele, (Austria) Vogerlsalat (de)
• Greek: μαρουλάκι (el) (marouláki), σμίρνηο (smírnio)
• Italian: gallinella commune, lattughella, valerianella (it)
• Japanese: コーンサラダ (kōn sarada), マーシュ (māshu), ノヂシャ (nojisha), ノジシャ (nojisha)
• Norwegian: vårsalat
• Occitan: doceta f
• Polish: roszponka warzywna f, roszpunka warzywna f
• Portuguese: alface (pt)
• Russian: полево́й сала́т m (polevój salát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: matovilac (sh)

• Spanish: canónigos (es), lechuga de campo
• Swedish: vårklynne, vårsallat
• Turkish: kuzugevreği
• Ukrainian: мласкавець салатний m (mlaskavecʹ salatnyj)
• Venetian: gałinełe f pl
• Welsh: gwylaeth yr oen m

Anagrams

• Cheam, meach, mecha

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʃ/, /mɑʃ/

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Verb

mâche

1. inflection of mâcher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Noun

mâche leaves

mâche f (plural mâches)

1. a plant used in salads, Valerianella locusta, corn salad, lamb's lettuce

Further reading

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