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

common names of Valerianella locustaedit

• common corn salad
• cornsalad
• corn salad
• European cornsalad
• field salad
• lamb's lettuce
• Lewiston cornsalad
• mâche
• 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:

  Latin: matovilac (sh)

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

Anagrams

• meach, Achem, Cheam, mecha

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʃ/ ~ /mɑʃ/

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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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