noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsɛləɹi/
Canada, General-American:/ˈsɛləɹi/
Canada, General-American:/ˈsɛlɹi/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/ˈseləɹi/
/ˈsæləɹi/Australian, salary–celery merger
/ˈsɛləɹi/New Zealand, salary–celery merger
Scotland:/ˈsɛləɾe/
Scotland:/-ɾɪ/
Scotland:/-ɾi/
Wales:/ˈsɛləɾi/
homophone: salary (salary–celery merger)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: food, lifestyle, vegetable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vegetable, veggie, veg
Narrower terms: pascal celery, Paschal celery
5
noun
Meaning 5
widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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”).
Across languages
Translations
160 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
асона
(asona)
— herb
Afrikaans:
seldery
— herb
Albanian:
selino
— herb
Arabic:
كَرَفْس
(karafs)
— herb
Arabic:
كرفس
(karafs)
— herb
Arabic:
كرَفس
(krafs)
— herb
Arabic:
كرافس
(krāfes)
— herb
Armenian:
նեխուր
(nexur)
— herb
Armenian:
կարոս
(karos)
— herb
Azerbaijani:
kərəviz
— herb
Belarusian:
сале́ра
(saljéra)
— herb
Belarusian:
сельдэрэ́й
(sjelʹderéj)
— herb
Bulgarian:
целина
(celina)
— herb
Bulgarian:
керевиз
(kereviz)
— herb
Catalan:
api
— herb
Cebuano:
apyo
— herb
Chinese Cantonese:
西芹
— herb
Chinese Cantonese:
芹菜
(kan4 coi3)
— herb
Chinese Mandarin:
芹菜
(qíncài)
— herb
Cornish:
kegis hweg
— herb
Cree:
kaspipakwa
— herb
Czech:
celer
— herb
Danish:
selleri
— herb
Dutch:
selderij
— herb
Dutch:
selderie
— herb
Dutch:
selder
— herb
Esperanto:
celerio
— herb
Estonian:
seller
— herb
Faroese:
sellarí
— herb
Finnish:
selleri
— herb
French:
céleri
— herb
Galician:
apio
— herb
Georgian:
ნიახური
(niaxuri)
— herb
German:
Sellerie
— herb
Greek:
σέλινο
(sélino)
— herb
Ancient Greek:
σέλινον
(sélinon)
— herb
Mycenaean Greek:
𐀮𐀪𐀜
(se-ri-no)
— herb
Greenlandic:
selleri
— herb
Hawaiian:
kelaki
— herb
Hawaiian:
kalelē
— herb
Hebrew:
כַּרְפַּס
(karpás)
— herb
Hebrew:
סֶלֶרִי
(seléri)
— herb
Hindi:
अजमोद
(ajmod)
— herb
Hungarian:
zeller
— herb
Hungarian:
szárzeller
— herb
Icelandic:
sellerí
— herb
Ido:
celerio
— herb
Indonesian:
seledri
— herb
Interlingua:
seleri
— herb
Irish:
soilire
— herb
Italian:
sedano
— herb
Italian:
appio
— herb
Japanese:
セロリ
(serori)
— herb
Kazakh:
балдыркөк
(baldyrkök)
— herb
Korean:
셀러리
(selleori)
— herb
Korean:
샐러리
(saelleori)
— herb
Central Kurdish:
کەرەوز
(kerewz)
— herb
Northern Kurdish:
kerefs
— herb
Kyrgyz:
сельдерей
(selderey)
— herb
Lao:
ຜັນເຊເລຣີ
(phan sē lē rī)
— herb
Latin:
apium
— herb
Latvian:
selerija
— herb
Ligurian:
sellao
— herb
Ligurian:
sellou
— herb
Lithuanian:
salieras
— herb
Low German:
Selleree
— herb
Macedonian:
це́лер
(céler)
— herb
Malay:
saderi
— herb
Malay:
seladeri
— herb
Malay:
daun sup
— herb
Malayalam:
അയമോദകം
(ayamōdakaṁ)
— herb
Maltese:
karfus
— herb
Māori:
tūtaekōau
— herb
Māori:
harere
— herb
Māori:
herewī
— herb
Mingrelian:
სონა
(sona)
— herb
Mongolian:
селөдерей
(sölödöröj)
— herb
Mongolian:
майлз
(majlz)
— herb
Navajo:
hazaʼaleehtsoh
— herb
Neapolitan:
accio
— herb
Norman:
céléri
— herb
Norwegian:
selleri
— herb
Occitan:
api
— herb
Ossetian:
маламар
(malamar)
— herb
Pannonian Rusyn:
целер
(celer)
— herb
Persian:
کرفس
(karafs)
— herb
Polish:
seler
— herb
Polish:
seler naciowy
— herb
Portuguese:
aipo
— herb
Romanian:
țelină
— herb
Romansh:
sellerin
— herb
Russian:
сельдере́й
(selʹderéj)
— herb
Sardinian:
àppiu
— herb
Sardinian:
àpiu
— herb
Scottish Gaelic:
soilire
— herb
Serbo-Croatian:
целер
— herb
Serbo-Croatian:
celer
— herb
Sicilian:
accia
— herb
Slovak:
zeler
— herb
Slovene:
zelena
— herb
Lower Sorbian:
měrik
— herb
Lower Sorbian:
selerij
— herb
Spanish:
apio
— herb
Swedish:
selleri
— herb
Tagalog:
kintsay
— herb
Tagalog:
apyo
— herb
Tajik:
карафс
(karafs)
— herb
Tatar:
сельдерей
(selʹderey)
— herb
Thai:
เซเลรี่
(see-lee-rîi)
— herb
Tocharian B:
ajamot
— herb
Turkish:
kereviz
— herb
Ottoman Turkish:
كرویز
(kereviz)
— herb
Turkmen:
seldereý
— herb
Ukrainian:
селе́ра
(seléra)
— herb
Ukrainian:
сале́ра
(saléra)
— herb
Uyghur:
چىڭسەي
(chingsey)
— herb
Uyghur:
كەرەپشە
(kerepshe)
— herb
Uzbek:
selderey
— herb
Vietnamese:
cần tây
— herb
Volapük:
sälärid
— herb
Walloon:
celeri
— herb
Xhosa:
isupu
— herb
Yiddish:
סעלעריע
(selerye)
— herb
Yiddish:
צעלניק
(tselnik)
— herb
Yiddish:
סעלדעריי
(selderey)
— herb
Yiddish:
סעלער
(seler)
— herb
Afrikaans:
selderystingel
— the stalks of this herb
Arabic:
كَرَفْس
(karafs)
— the stalks of this herb
Arabic:
كرفس
(karafs)
— the stalks of this herb
Arabic:
كرَفس
(krafs)
— the stalks of this herb
Arabic:
كرافس
(krāfes)
— the stalks of this herb
Bulgarian:
целина
(celina)
— the stalks of this herb
Catalan:
api
— the stalks of this herb
Dutch:
bleekselderij
— the stalks of this herb
Finnish:
varsiselleri
— the stalks of this herb
Finnish:
sellerinvarsi
— the stalks of this herb
French:
céleri
— the stalks of this herb
Galician:
apio
— the stalks of this herb
German:
Staudensellerie
— the stalks of this herb
German:
Stangensellerie
— the stalks of this herb
Greek:
σέλινο
(sélino)
— the stalks of this herb
Ancient Greek:
σέλινον
(sélinon)
— the stalks of this herb
Icelandic:
sellerí
— the stalks of this herb
Italian:
sedano
— the stalks of this herb
Italian:
appio
— the stalks of this herb
Latin:
apium
— the stalks of this herb
Māori:
harere
— the stalks of this herb
Māori:
herewī
— the stalks of this herb
Navajo:
hazaʼaleehtsoh
— the stalks of this herb
Navajo:
hazaʼaleetsoh
— the stalks of this herb
Neapolitan:
accio
— the stalks of this herb
Norman:
céléri
— the stalks of this herb
Persian:
کرفس
(karafs)
— the stalks of this herb
Polish:
seler
— the stalks of this herb
Portuguese:
aipo
— the stalks of this herb
Russian:
сельдерей
(selʹderej)
— the stalks of this herb
Scottish Gaelic:
soilire
— the stalks of this herb
Turkish:
kereviz
— the stalks of this herb
Ottoman Turkish:
كرویز
(kereviz)
— the stalks of this herb
Ukrainian:
селе́ра
(seléra)
— the stalks of this herb