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)
- parsley
French
Etymology
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 Medieval Latin petrosilio), itself from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.si/, /pɛʁ.sil/
audio (le persil) (file) - Rhymes: -i, -il
- Hyphenation: per‧sil
Noun
persil m (countable and uncountable, plural persils)
- 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 (first-person possessive persilku, second-person possessive persilmu, third-person possessive persilnya)
- a parcel of land, a plot.
Further reading
- “persil” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
persil (uncountable)
- Alternative form of persely