selderij

Dutch

Alternative forms

• selderie

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. the herb celery, Apium graveolens

   Synonyms: eppe (dialectal), soepgroente (Suriname)

   Hypernym: moerasscherm

Derived terms

• bleekselderij
• knolselderij

 

Related terms

• peterselie

Descendants

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

• Malay: saderi (by elision)
• Indonesian: seledri

• → Papiamentu: sèlder, sèldu, selde, selder
• → Russian: сельдере́й (selʹderéj), селлере́й (selleréj), селере́й (seleréj), сендере́й (senderéj)
  • → Kyrgyz: сельдерей (selderey)
  • → Tatar: сельдерей (sel’derey)
  • → Turkmen: seldereý
  • → Uzbek: selderey
  • → Yiddish: סעלדעריי (selderey)