celery

CEFRB1

/ˈsɛləɹi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A vegetable with long pale green stalks.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

Examples

  • I am peeling the celery and the potatoes.

  • I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /-ɾi/
  • /ˈseləɹi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.

  2. A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

More examples

In context

  • In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.

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Origin

noun

From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).