céleri

See also: celeri, céléri, and cèleri

French

Alternative forms

• cèleri

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombard selleri, plural form of seller, from Late Latin selīnon, from Ancient Greek σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sel.ʁi/ ~ /sɛl.ʁi/, /sɛl.ʁi/

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• Homophone: sellerie

Noun

céleri m (plural céleris)

1. celery

Descendants

• → Czech: celer
• → Dutch: selderij (see there for further descendants)
• → English: celery
  • → Korean: 셀러리 (selleori)
  • → Welsh: seleri
• → Finnish: selleri
• → German: Sellerie
  • → Estonian: seller
• → Hungarian: zeller
• → Icelandic: sellerí
• → Irish: soilire
• → Japanese: セロリ (serori)
• → Macedonian: целер (celer)
• → Norman: céléri
• → Norwegian: selleri
• → Polish: seler
• → Scottish Gaelic: soilire
• → Serbo-Croatian: celer / целер
• → Swedish: selleri
• → Vilamovian: seler
• → West Flemish: selder
• → Yiddish: סעלעריע (selerye)

Further reading

• “céleri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.