selderij

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛl.dəˈrɛi̯/

• selderij

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• Hyphenation: sel‧de‧rij
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯

selderij m (plural selderijen, diminutive selderijtje n)

1. celery (herb)

• selderie
• soepgroente (Suriname)

• bleekselderij
• knolselderij

• peterselie

• 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)