Chervil is an umbelliferous annual possessing aromatic leaves and somewhat resembling parsley in flavor.
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Chervil
//ˈt͡ʃɜː(ɹ)vɪl//
Synonyms for "chervil" (11 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesdbpedia genus
1 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- σκάνδιξ noun (herb)
- χαιρέφυλλον noun (herb)
- ἄνθρυσκον noun (herb)
Arabic
1 entries- مَقْدُونِس إِفْرَنْجِيّ noun (herb)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кервел noun (herb)
Catalan
2 entries- cerfull noun (plant)
- cerfull noun (herb)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 細葉芹 /细叶芹 noun (herb)
Czech
1 entries- kerblík noun (herb)
Danish
1 entries- kørvel noun (herb)
Dutch
1 entries- kervel noun (herb)
Esperanto
1 entries- cerefolio noun (plant)
Estonian
2 entries- harakputk noun (plant)
- harakputk noun (herb)
Finnish
3 entries- kirveli noun (plant)
- kirveli noun (herb)
- maustekirveli noun (plant)
French
2 entries- cerfeuil noun (plant)
- cerfeuil noun (herb)
Galician
2 entries- cerefolio noun (plant)
- cerefolio noun (herb)
Georgian
1 entries- ჭყიმი noun (herb)
German
2 entries- Kerbel noun (plant)
- Kerbel noun (herb)
Greek
4 entries- ανθρίσκος noun (herb)
- μυρώνι noun (herb)
- σκαντζίκι noun (herb)
- φραγκομαϊντανός noun (herb)
Hungarian
2 entries- turbolya noun (plant)
- turbolya noun (herb)
Icelandic
1 entries- kerfill noun (herb)
Irish
2 entries- camán gall noun (herb)
- costóg noun (herb)
Italian
2 entries- cerfoglio noun (plant)
- cerfoglio noun (herb)
Japanese
2 entries- チャービル noun (plant)
- チャービル noun (herb)
Latin
3 entries- caerefolium noun (plant)
- caerefolium noun (herb)
- scandix noun (herb)
Latvian
2 entries- kārvele noun (plant)
- kārvele noun (herb)
Livonian
2 entries- piņripskõz noun (plant)
- piņripskõz noun (herb)
Low German
1 entries- karwel noun (herb)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Kierwel noun (herb)
Macedonian
3 entries- геревиз noun (herb)
- красница noun (herb)
- красулка noun (plant)
Malay
1 entries- cervil noun (herb)
Middle English
1 entries- cherville noun (herb)
Middle High German
1 entries- kërvele noun (herb)
Norman
1 entries- chèrfi noun (herb)
Norwegian
1 entries- kjørvel noun (plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjørvel noun (herb)
Old English
1 entries- cerfille noun (herb)
Old High German
1 entries- kerfola noun (herb)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فرنك معدنوسی noun (herb)
Polish
2 entries- trybula noun (plant)
- trybula noun (herb)
Portuguese
3 entries- cerefolho noun (herb)
- cerefólio noun (plant)
- cerefólio noun (herb)
Romanian
2 entries- hasmațuchi noun (plant)
- hasmațuchi noun (herb)
Russian
1 entries- керве́ль noun (herb)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krasuljica noun (herb)
- krbuljica noun (herb)
Slovak
1 entries- trebuľka noun (herb)
Slovene
2 entries- krebúljica noun (herb)
- práva krebúljica noun (herb)
Spanish
4 entries- cerefolio noun (herb)
- perifolio noun (herb)
- perifollo noun (plant)
- perifollo noun (herb)
Svan
1 entries- წჷ̄წყა noun (herb)
Swedish
2 entries- körvel noun (plant)
- körvel noun (herb)
Turkish
2 entries- frenk maydanozu noun (plant)
- frenk maydanozu noun (herb)
Walloon
1 entries- cierfouy noun (herb)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
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No herb, except perhaps tarragon, is quite so French as chervil, an association that is not surprising for a nation known for its celebration of fine food and the subtle use of herbs.
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Cook fresh chervil leaves very little, if at all. They are best when added to a dish after it has been cooked, or toward the end of the cooking time.
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