persil

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Cornish

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Etymology

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Going back to Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, parsley, literally stone celery).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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persil f (singulative persilen)

  1. parsley

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French persil, peresil, perresil, inherited from Latin petroselīnum (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *petrosīnu, compare Sicilian pitrusinu and the Old French variant persin, later with the suffix -il; or through Early Medieval Latin petrosilio), itself from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρος (pétros, stone) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, celery).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.si/, /pɛʁ.sil/
  • Audio; le persil:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i, -il
  • Hyphenation: per‧sil

Noun

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persil m (countable and uncountable, plural persils)

  1. parsley

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch perceel, from Middle Dutch perceel, from older parcheel, from Old French parcelle, from Late Latin particella, from Latin particula. Doublet of partikel and parsel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrsɪl]
  • Hyphenation: pèr‧sil

Noun

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pèrsil (first-person possessive persilku, second-person possessive persilmu, third-person possessive persilnya)

  1. a parcel of land, a plot.

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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persil (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of persely