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Cicely

name · noun · 3 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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  • /ˈsɪsəli/
  • homophone: Sicily
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 S AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A female given name from Latin, a variant of Cecily and Cecilia used since the Middle Ages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • , Induction, Scene II First Servant. - - - Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket. Sly. Ay, the woman's maid of the house.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Myrrhis odorata, a plant in the genus Myrrhis, in the family Apiaceae.

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

3

noun

Meaning 3

sweetroot, any of several plants in the genus Osmorhiza.

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

History

Etymology

From Latin seselis, from Ancient Greek σέσελις (séselis).

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: probably no definite term — Myrrhis odorata
  • Dutch: roomse kervel — Myrrhis odorata
  • Estonian: mesiputk — Myrrhis odorata
  • Finnish: saksankirveli — Myrrhis odorata
  • French: cerfeuil musqué — Myrrhis odorata
  • German: Süßdolde — Myrrhis odorata
  • Hungarian: spanyol turbolya — Myrrhis odorata
  • Icelandic: spánarkerfill — Myrrhis odorata
  • Norman: chèrfi doux — Myrrhis odorata
  • Polish: marchewnik — Myrrhis odorata
  • Russian: ке́рвель испа́нский (kérvelʹ ispánskij) — Myrrhis odorata
  • Scottish Gaelic: seanas — Myrrhis odorata
  • Scottish Gaelic: cos-uisge — Myrrhis odorata
  • Scottish Gaelic: mirr — Myrrhis odorata
  • Serbo-Croatian: чѐхуља — Myrrhis odorata
  • Serbo-Croatian: čèhulja — Myrrhis odorata
  • Slovene: kromač — Myrrhis odorata
  • Slovene: dišeči kromač — Myrrhis odorata
  • Slovene: dívji jánež — Myrrhis odorata
  • Swedish: spansk körvel — Myrrhis odorata
  • Ukrainian: ке́рвель іспа́нський (kérvelʹ ispánsʹkyj) — Myrrhis odorata
  • Walloon: cierfouy di pidjon — Myrrhis odorata
  • Welsh: creithig bêr — Myrrhis odorata