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persillé

French, adjective/pɛʁ.si.je/

persillé is spelled P-E-R-S-I-L-L-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Persillé is a French adjective meaning “with the addition of parsley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of persiller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aromatisé de persil”.

What does persillé mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    with the addition of parsley

  2. 2

    marbled, veined

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of persiller

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Aromatisé de persil. 2. Qualifie un fromage dont l’intérieur est parsemé de points ou taches verdâtres, comme si l’on y avait mis du persil haché. 3. Qualifie une viande parsemée d’infiltrations de graisse qui la rendent tendre et savoureuse. 4. Parsemé à la façon dont on répartit le persil dans une préparation culinaire.

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 persillé

  • persillée feminine
  • persillés masculine plural
  • persillées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce persillé?

  • /pɛʁ.si.je/
  • \pɛʁ.si.je\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is persillé in French?

persillé appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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