alsem

From Middle Dutch alsene, from Old Dutch *alasina, from Proto-West Germanic *alahsinā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.səm/

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• Hyphenation: al‧sem
• Rhymes: -ɑlsəm

alsem m (plural alsems)

1. (chiefly uncountable) An artemisia, any herb of the genus Artemisia.
2. (particularly) Synonym of absintalsem (“wormwood, Arthemisia absinthium”)
3. (uncountable) the buds and flowers of the artemisia plants, used as a herb

• Afrikaans: als
• Negerhollands: alsem, als
• → Papiamentu: alsem (dated)

• alsem on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From Proto-Northern Luzon *ʔalsəm "sour", from Proto-Philippine *qalsəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləsəm.

• Hyphenation: al‧sem
• (northern Ilocano) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈsɛm/
• (southern Ilocano) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈsɯm/

alsém

1. sourness