persil
French, noun/pɛʁ.sil/
persil is spelled P-E-R-S-I-L (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Persil is a French masculine noun meaning “parsley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante potagère aromatique de la famille des apiacées qui ressemble au cerfeuil et qui sert à divers usages…”.
What does persil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparsley
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante potagère aromatique de la famille des apiacées qui ressemble au cerfeuil et qui sert à divers usages pour la cuisine.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of persil
- persils plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce persil?
- /pɛʁ.sil/
- /pɛʁ.si/
- /pɛʁ.ˈsil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to persil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is persil in French?
persil appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).