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

Noun
celery (usually uncountable, plural celeries)
- A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
- 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
- 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.
Forms of celery
| plural | celeries |
|---|---|
| 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
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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