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celery

UK/ˈsɛləɹi//ˈsɛləɹi/

celery noun: a European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

celery: a European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family
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Noun

celery (usually uncountable, plural celeries)

  1. (usually) A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
  2. (usually) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
    • In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 58
  3. (usually) A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

celery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

celery in Hindi

herb
अजमोद ajmod

celery in Tamil

celery, Apium graveolens
சல்லரி callari
celery
சிவரிக்கீரை civarikkīrai

celery in Marathi

सेलरी, सेलेरी

celery in Urdu

celery, Apium graveolens
اجمود ajmod
More languagesFewer languages
celery in Bengali
সেলারি, সেলেরি
celery in Telugu
సెలరీ
celery in Malayalam
അയമോദകം ayamōdakaṁ
celery in Kannada
ತೋಟದ ಸೊಪ್ಪು, ಗುಡ್ಡ ಸೋಂಪು
celery in Punjabi
ਸੇਲੇਰੀ
celery in Odia
ସେଲେରୀ, ସେଲେରି
celery in Sanskrit
अजमोद ajamoda
celery in Nepali
सेलेरी, सेलरी
celery in Tagalog
kintsay, apyo
celery in Arabic
كَرَفْس karafs
celery in Malay
saderi, seladeri, daun sup
celery in Indonesian
seledri
celery in Persian
کرفس karafs
celery in Thai
เซเลรี่ see-lee-rîi
celery in Vietnamese
cần tây

Examples of celery in a sentence

  • Now add the diced ham to the mixture, then stir in the chopped celery.
  • I made a creamy vegetable soup with carrots, celery, tomatoes, and potatoes.
  • I served as an extra pair of hands, occasionally peeling potatoes or destringing celery.

All 27 example sentences with celery

Forms of celery

pluralceleries
alternative form (obsolete)cellery
alternative form (obsolete)sellary

Origin of celery

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”).

Words formed from celery

Phrases with celery

Questions about celery

What does celery mean?
Celery means a European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
What is celery in Hindi?
Celery in Hindi is अजमोद (ajmod). See Celery meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is celery?
Celery is a noun.
How do you pronounce celery?
Celery is pronounced /ˈsɛləɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of celery?
The plural of celery is celeries.

Words near celery in the dictionary

  1. celeripedes
  2. celeritie
  3. celerities
  4. celeritous
  5. celerity
  6. celery
  7. celery cabbage
  8. celery cabbages
  9. celery lettuce
  10. celery lettuces
  11. celery pine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: celery (page history and authors); சல்லரி (Tamil) (page history and authors); celery (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اجمود (Urdu) (page history and authors); celery (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celery (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); celery (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अजमोद (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); celery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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