céleri

See also: celeri, céléri, and cèleri

French

Alternative forms

cèleri

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombard selleri, plural form of seller, from Late Latin selīnon, from Ancient Greek σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sel.ʁi/, /sɛl.ʁi/
Audio (file)
Homophone: sellerie

Noun

céleri m (plural céleris)

celery

Descendants

→ Czech: celer
→ Dutch: selderij (see there for further descendants)
→ English: celery
- → Korean: 셀러리 (selleori)
- → Welsh: seleri
→ Finnish: selleri
→ German: Sellerie
- → Estonian: seller
→ Hungarian: zeller
→ Icelandic: sellerí
→ Irish: soilire
→ Japanese: セロリ (serori)
→ Macedonian: целер (celer)
→ Norman: céléri
→ Norwegian: selleri
→ Polish: seler
→ Scottish Gaelic: soilire
→ Serbo-Croatian: celer / целер
→ Swedish: selleri
→ Vilamovian: seler
→ West Flemish: selder
→ Yiddish: סעלעריע (selerye)

Further reading

“céleri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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