chervil

English

chervil Anthriscus cerefolium

Etymology

From Middle English chervell, from Old English cerfelle, from Anglo-Norman chervele (compare Jèrriais chèrfi), from Latin chaerephylla, plural of chaerephyllum, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)vɪl/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪl
Audio (RP) (file)

Noun

chervil (countable and uncountable, plural chervils)

(countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
(uncountable) leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavor of anise.

Synonyms

(plant): garden chervil, French parsley
(leaves of herb): gourmet's parsley

Derived terms

sea chervil (Alcyonidium diaphanum)
turnip rooted chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum)
bur chervil (Anthriscus caucalis)
wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)

Translations

plant

Catalan: cerfull m
Estonian: harakputk
Finnish: maustekirveli (fi), kirveli (fi)
Galician: cerefolio (gl) m
Hungarian: turbolya (hu)
Latvian: kārvele f
Livonian: piņripskõz
Polish: trybula (pl) f

spice

Arabic: مَقْدُونِس إِفْرَنْجِيّ‎ m (maqdūnis ʾifranjiyy)
Bulgarian: кервел (kervel)
Catalan: cerfull m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 細葉芹 (sai³ jip⁶ kan^4-2)
Czech: kerblík (cs) m
Danish: kørvel
Dutch: kervel (nl)
Estonian: harakputk
Finnish: kirveli (fi)
French: cerfeuil (fr)
Galician: cerefolio (gl) m
Georgian: ჭყიმი (č̣q̇imi)
German: Kerbel (de) m
Middle High German: kërvele
Old High German: kerfola
Greek: χαιρέφυλλο n (chairéfyllo), σκαντζίκι n (skantzíki), ανθρίσκος m (anthrískos), μυρώνι (el) n (myróni), φραγκομαϊντανός n (fragkomaïntanós)
Ancient: χαιρέφυλλον n (khairéphullon), σκάνδιξ f (skándix), ἄνθρυσκον n (ánthruskon)
Hungarian: turbolya (hu)
Icelandic: kerfill m
Irish: costóg f, camán gall m
Italian: cerfoglio m
Japanese: チャービル (chābiru)
Latin: caerefolium n, scandix f
Latvian: kārvele f
Livonian: piņripskõz
Low German: karwel
Luxembourgish: Kierwel m
Macedonian: геревиз m (gereviz), красница f (krasnica)
Malay: cervil
Middle English: cherville
Norman: chèrfi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjørvel (no) m
Old English: cerfille f
Polish: trybula (pl) f
Portuguese: cerefolho m, cerefólio (pt) m
Romanian: hasmațuchi (ro) m
Russian: керве́ль (ru) m (kervélʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: krbuljica, krasuljica (sh)
Slovak: trebuľka
Slovene: krebúljica f, práva krebúljica f
Spanish: perifollo m, cerefolio m, perifolio m
Svan: წჷ̄წყა (c̣ə̄c̣q̇a)
Swedish: körvel (sv) c
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: فرنك معدنوسی‎ (frenk maydanozu)
Modern Turkish: frenk maydanozu
Walloon: cierfouy (wa) m

References

chervil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

chilver