Chervil

Cher′vil

,

Noun.

[AS.

cerfille

, fr. L.

caerefolium

,

chaerephyllum

, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] to rejoice + [GREEK] leaf.]

(Bot.)

A plant (

Anthriscus cerefolium

) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.

Chervil

CHERVIL

,

Noun.

A genus of plants, two species of which are called cow-weed.

chervil

English

Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium

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
(leaves of herb): gourmet's parsley

Derived terms

sea chervil

Translations

spice

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

Old High German: kerfola

Middle High German: kërvele
Icelandic: kerfill 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
Portuguese: cerefolho m, cerefólio 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

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