persil

See also: Persil

Cornish

Noun

persil f (singulative persilen)

1. parsley

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French

Etymology

From Old French persil, peresil, perresil, inherited from Latin petroselīnum (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *petrosīnu; compare the Old French variant persin, and later with the suffix -il; cf. however Medieval Latin petrosilio), itself from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.si/, /pɛʁ.sil/

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Noun

persil m (plural persils)

1. parsley

Derived terms

• persillade

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• périls, replis