parsley
パセリ
解説 Definition
parsley はハーブの一種であるパセリという意味です。料理の香り付けや飾りによく使われます。日本語の「パセリ」とほぼ同じですが、英語では食材としての葉そのものを指す一般名詞です。
A leafy green herb with a fresh, mildly peppery flavor, commonly chopped and added to food for seasoning or used as a garnish. In culinary use, parsley is generally treated as an uncountable noun.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
parsley は料理に使う葉のハーブ「パセリ」で、通常は不可算名詞として some parsley、fresh parsley のように使う。add parsley to soup、chop the parsley finely など調理場面と結び付ける。語源上はギリシャ語の「岩」と「セロリ」の組み合わせで、見た目や生育場所に基づく名だった。
Think of parsley as the green herb added to soup, sauces, salads, or a finished plate. Learn it through kitchen phrases: fresh parsley, chopped parsley, add parsley to the soup, and garnish with parsley. In ordinary culinary English, it is usually uncountable, so say “some parsley” rather than “a parsley” when referring to the ingredient. Its historical name meant something like “rock celery,” giving you a factual link to celery, another aromatic plant. This connection helps identify the word as an herb while common cooking combinations fix its modern use and grammar.
例文
She added parsley to the soup.
彼女はスープにパセリを加えました。
Fresh parsley gives the dish a bright flavor.
新鮮なパセリはその料理にさわやかな風味を加えます。
The recipe says to chop the parsley finely.
そのレシピにはパセリを細かく刻むように書かれています。
parsley の類義語・関連語
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parsley の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語「petroselinon（岩のセロリ）」が語源。petra（岩）+selinon（セロリ）の合成語で、岩場に自生するセロリに似た植物を指した。古フランス語「peresil」を経て英語に。関連語：petrol（岩の油）、celery。
Parsley ultimately comes from Greek petroselinon, formed from petra, “rock,” and selinon, “celery.” The compound referred to a celery-like plant associated with rocky ground. It passed through Latin petroselinum and Old French forms such as peresil before developing into English parsley. Celery is historically related through Greek selinon. Although petroleum also contains a Greek element meaning “rock,” it is not a botanical relative of parsley; the resemblance involves only that shared ancient element.
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