selderij

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Dutch

Apium graveolens
Selderij, klaar om gegeten te worden.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French céleri, from Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). For the epenthetic d, which was productive well into the seventeenth century, compare kelder, zolder, daalder, mulder, vilder, volder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛl.dəˈrɛi̯/
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  • Hyphenation: sel‧de‧rij
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯

Noun

selderij m (plural selderijen, diminutive selderijtje n)

  1. celery (a herb, Apium graveolens)
    Synonyms: eppe (dialectal), soepgroente (Suriname)
    Hypernym: moerasscherm

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: seldery
  • → Caribbean Javanese: slèdri
  • → Belarusian: сельдэрэ́й (sjelʹderéj)
  • → Malay: seladeri

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