chervil

English

chervil Anthriscus cerefolium

Etymology

From Middle English chervell, from Old English cerfelle, from Anglo-Norman chervele (compare Jèrriais chèrfi), from Latin chaerephylla, plural of chaerephyllum, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɜː(ɹ)vɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪl

Noun

chervil (countable and uncountable, plural chervils)

1. (countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
2. (uncountable) leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise.

Synonyms

• (plant): garden chervil, French parsley
• (leaves of herb): gourmet's parsley

Derived terms

• sea chervil ()
• turnip rooted chervil ()
• bur chervil ()
• wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)

Translations

spice

• Arabic: مَقْدُونِس إِفْرَنْجِيّ m (maqdūnis ʔifranjiyy)
• Bulgarian: кервел (kervel)
• Catalan: cerfull m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 細葉芹／细叶芹 (sai³ jip⁶ kan^4-2)

• Czech: kerblík m
• Danish: kørvel
• Dutch: kervel (nl)
• Finnish: kirveli (fi)
• French: cerfeuil (fr)
• Georgian: ჭყიმი (č̣q̇imi)
• German: Kerbel (de) m

  Middle High German: kërvele

  Old High German: kerfola

• Greek: χαιρέφυλλο n (chairéfyllo), σκαντζίκι n (skantzíki), ανθρίσκος m (anthrískos), μυρώνι (el) n (myróni), φραγκομαϊντανός n (fragkomaïntanós)

  Ancient: χαιρέφυλλον n (khairéphullon), σκάνδιξ f (skándix), ἀνθρίσκος m (anthrískos)

• Icelandic: kerfill m
• Irish: costóg f, camán gall m
• Italian: cerfoglio m
• Japanese: チャービル (chābiru)
• Latin: caerefolium n, scandix f
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• Low German: karwel
• Luxembourgish: Kierwel m
• Macedonian: геревиз m (gereviz), красница f (krasnica)
• Malay: cervil
• Middle English: cherville
• Norman: chèrfi m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjørvel (no) m

• Old English: cerfille f
• Polish: trybula (pl) f
• Portuguese: cerefolho m, cerefólio (pt) m
• Romanian: hasmațuchi (ro) m
• Russian: керве́ль (ru) m (kervélʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: krbuljica, krasuljica (sh)
• Slovene: krebúljica f, práva krebúljica f
• Spanish: perifollo m, cerefolio m, perifolio m
• Svan: წჷ̄წყა (c̣ə̄c̣q̇a)
• Swedish: körvel (sv) c
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: فرنك معدنوسی (frenk maydanozu)

  Modern Turkish: frenk maydanozu

• Walloon: cierfouy (wa) m

References

• chervil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• chilver