🇫🇷 French

persils

masculine

les persils

parsleys

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persils
/le pɛʁsi/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say persils in French?

IPA
/le pɛʁsi/

How do you pronounce persils in French?

persils is pronounced /le pɛʁsi/ in French.

Example sentences

Le persil frais que j'ai acheté ce matin est déjà flétri.

The fresh parsley that I bought this morning is already wilted.

Ce persil vert et parfumé sera parfait pour garnir mon plat.

This green and fragrant parsley will be perfect for garnishing my dish.

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Why is it masculine?

Persils (parsley) is masculine because it derives from Latin "petrosilium," which was grammatically masculine in Latin, and French retained this gender through regular inheritance of Latin noun genders. The Latin word itself likely came from Greek "petroselinon" (rock parsley), where the masculine gender was also preserved.

What is the French word for parsleys?

The French word for parsleys is les persils — masculine.

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