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

• Template:common names of Valerianella locusta

Translations

Valerianella locusta

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: polníček 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

Anagrams

• Cheam, meach, mecha

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French

Pronunciation

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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.