pecel

See also: Pécel

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦼꦕꦼꦭ꧀ (pecel, “a kind of salad”) (compare Malay pecal, Minangkabau pical), from Old Javanese pĕcĕl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ˈt͡ʃəl/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃəl, -əl, -l
• Hyphenation: pê‧cêl

Noun

pêcêl (plural pecel-pecel, first-person possessive pecelku, second-person possessive pecelmu, third-person possessive pecelnya)

1. (cooking) a traditional Javanese salad with peanut sauce, usually eaten with carbs (steamed rice, lontong or ketupat).

Alternative forms

• pecal

Further reading

• “pecel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.