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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

celery

/ˈsɛləɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
cel-ery
IPA
/ˈsɛləɹi/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

Uncountable

noun

The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.

Uncountable

noun

A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: céleri, seller, selīnum, σέλῑνον

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɛləɹi/
  • British English: /ˈsɛləɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

celeries (plural) cellery (alternative, obsolete) sellary (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

celeriac celeried celeryless celerylike celtuce

Phrases

celery cabbage celery lettuce celery pine celery root celery salt celery seed celery vase Chinese celery

Synonyms

cultivated celery apium graveolens dulce

Homonyms

salary (salary–celery merger)

Rhymes With

ellery

Questions

How do you pronounce celery?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛləɹi/.
What does celery mean?
A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
Where does celery come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce celery

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