petroselino
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon). Doublet of prezzemolo.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pe.troˈsɛ.li.no/, /pe.tro.seˈli.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛlino, -ino
- Hyphenation: pe‧tro‧sè‧li‧no, pe‧tro‧se‧lì‧no
Noun edit
petroselino m (plural petroselini)
- any parsley of the Petroselinum taxonomic genus
- Hyponym: prezzemolo
- (archaic or regional) Synonym of prezzemolo (“parsley”)
Further reading edit
- petroselino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana