persil

See also: Persil

Cornish

Etymology

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

Noun

persil f (singulative persilen)

1. parsley

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sil/, /pɛʁ.si/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.si/

• Audio; “le persil”:

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• Rhymes: -i, -il
• Hyphenation: per‧sil

Noun

persil m (countable and uncountable, 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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

pèrsil (plural persil-persil)

1. a parcel of land, a plot.

Further reading

• “persil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

persil (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of persely