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語源

From 中期英語 persely, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”). Displaced 古期英語 petersiliġe, which goes back to the same root.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɑː(ɹ)sli/

名詞

parsley (usually uncountable, plural parsleys)

1. (countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
   • 2022, Sara Baume, Seven Steeples, Tramp Press, page 100:

     Though the parsley seemed to have died, outside it started to regenerate. New crimped leaves came free from the sprigs and spread.

2. (uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
3. (by extension, loosely) Any herb resembling parsley, such as cilantro (Chinese parsley) or chervil (French parsley).

派生語

動詞

parsley (third-person singular simple present parsleys, present participle parsleying, simple past and past participle parsleyed)

1. (transitive) To add parsley to.
   • 1923, William Teignmouth Shore, My Cook Book, page 46:

     Put a layer of mashed potato on one side and also on the other after peppering, salting and finely-chopped parsleying it to taste.

アナグラム

• Players, parleys, players, prelays, replays, sparely