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celery

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləɹi/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsɛləɹi/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsɛlɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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)
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L ER0 IY0 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cultivated celery, Apium graveolens dulce

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

History

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”).

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