chervil

English

Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman (compare Jèrriais chèrfi), from Latin chaerephylla, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɜː(ɹ)vɪl/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪl

Noun

chervil (countable and uncountable, plural chervils)

(countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
(uncountable) leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavour of anise.

Synonyms

(plant): garden chervil, French parsley
(leaves of herb): gourmet's parsley

Derived terms

Translations

spice

Arabic: سرفيل‎‎ m (serfyil)
Bulgarian: кервел (kervel)
Catalan: cerfull m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 細葉芹 (sai³ jip⁶ kan⁴^-²)
Czech: kerblík m
Danish: kørvel
Dutch: kervel (nl)
Finnish: kirveli (fi)
French: cerfeuil (fr)
Georgian: ჭყიმი (č̣q̇imi)
German: Kerbel (de) m
Middle High German: kërvele

Old High German: kerfola
Icelandic: kerfill m
Irish: costóg f, camán gall m
Italian: cerfoglio m
Japanese: チャービル (chābiru)
Latin: cærefolium n

Low German: karwel
Luxembourgish: Kierwel m
Macedonian: геревиз m (géreviz), красница f (krásnica)
Malay: cervil
Middle English: cherville
Norman: chèrfi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjørvel (no) m
Old English: cerfille f
Polish: trybula (pl) f
Portuguese: cerefolho m, cerefólio (pt) m
Romanian: hasmațuchi (ro) m
Russian: керве́ль (ru) m (kervélʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: krbuljica, krasuljica (sh)
Slovene: krebúljica f, práva krebúljica f
Spanish: perifollo m, cerefolio m, perifolio m
Svan: წჷ̄წყა (c̣ə̄c̣q̇a)
Swedish: körvel (sv) c
Walloon: cierfouy (wa) m

References

chervil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

chilver

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