perixel

Galician

Alternative forms

• perexil, prixel

Etymology

From Old Occitan pere(i)ssil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾiˈʃɛl/

Noun

perixel m (plural perixeis)

1. parsley (a herb native to the Mediterranean whose leaves are often in cooking)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “perixel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega