sorrel
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”); equivalent to sour + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sūre (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“sorrel”). More at sour.
Noun
sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)
- Any of various plants with acidic leaves, especially
- Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
- Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
- The roselle, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.: hibiscus tea.
- 2007, African and Caribbean Celebrations →ISBN, page 56:
- Now, many people drink alcohol, but when I was a child I remember drinking sorrel, ginger beer and drinks made from fresh fruits such as soursop and passion-fruit. Sorrel was prepared over a long period, not as quickly as it is now.
- 2009, C. C. Alick, Dancing with the Yumawalli: Inspired by True Events, page 62:
- For instance, one day we were sitting on the porch, looking down at the lagoon and the yachts from all over the world. He was drinking ginger beer mixed with rum, and I was drinking sorrel. No rum. Out of nowhere, he proposed.
- 2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 390:
- Joy and the parents did not go either; we spent a quiet day at home, eating roast chicken and stuffing with our own green-gungu rice and peas, and drinking sorrel.
- 2007, African and Caribbean Celebrations →ISBN, page 56:
Derived terms
- alpine sheep's sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- alpine sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- field sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
- French sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- grassleaf sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- heartwing sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Jamaican sorrel (roselle, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Krause's sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- lavender sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- leaf-shield sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- maiden sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- mountain sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- narrow-leaved sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
- red sorrel(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- salt of sorrel
- scurvy-grass sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
- sorrel tree (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- tree sorrel (Averrhoa bilimbi)
- wood sorrel (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- woodsorrel (Oxalis spp., also Oxalidaceae)
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *sorel, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *saur (“dried”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere.
Noun
sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels)
- A brown colour, with a tint of red.
- sorrel:
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Adjective
sorrel (not comparable)
- Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)
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- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒɹəl
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms suffixed with -el
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms derived from Frankish
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Browns
- en:Buckwheat family plants
- en:Mallow subfamily plants
- en:Spices and herbs
- en:Vegetables