perejil
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish, borrowed from Old Occitan pe(i)ressil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾeˈxil/ [pe.ɾeˈxil]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: pe‧re‧jil
Derived terms
Further reading
- “perejil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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