prixel
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan pere(i)ssil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprixel m (plural prixeis)
- parsley (a herb native to the Mediterranean whose leaves are often in cooking)
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prixel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega