sorrel
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English sorel, from Old French sorel, surele (“sorrel”), from Old French sur (“sour”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”); equivalent to sour + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare Old English sūre (“sorrel”), Icelandic súra (“sorrel”), Dutch zuring (“dock (plant), sorrel”). More at sour.
Base: sour
Affixes: -el
Inflected forms:
form: sorrels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries.
Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
gloss: Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Now, many people drink alcohol, but when I was a child I remember drinking sorrel, ginger beer and drinks made from fresh fruits such as soursop and passion-fruit. Sorrel was prepared over a long period, not as quickly as it is now.
For instance, one day we were sitting on the porch, looking down at the lagoon and the yachts from all over the world. He was drinking ginger beer mixed with rum, and I was drinking sorrel. No rum. Out of nowhere, he proposed.
Joy and the parents did not go either; we spent a quiet day at home, eating roast chicken and stuffing with our own green-gungu rice and peas, and drinking sorrel.
gloss: Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A little harmless gossip ensued on various themes, such as where old Aunt Sally got her new red head-kerchief, and how "Missis was a going to give Lizzy that spotted muslin gown, when she 'd got her new berage made up;" and how Mas'r Shelby was thinking of buying a new sorrel colt, that was going to prove an addition to the glories of the place.
Related words: oxalic acid
schav
sourwood
Derived words: alpine sheep's sorrel
alpine sorrel
buckler sorrel
Cape sorrel
field sorrel
French sorrel
grassleaf sorrel
Guinea sorrel
heartwing sorrel
Indian sorrel
Jamaican sorrel
Krause's sorrel
lavender sorrel
leaf-shield sorrel
maiden sorrel
mountain sorrel
narrow-leaved sorrel
red sorrel
redwood sorrel
salt of sorrel
scurvy-grass sorrel
sea sorrel
sheep sorrel
shield-leaf sorrel
sorrel tree
tree sorrel
upright yellow-sorrel
wood sorrel
woodsorrel
yellow wood sorrel
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: lëpjetë
lang: Arabic
word: حُمَّاض بُسْتَانِيّ
roman: ḥummāḍ bustāniyy
lang: Armenian
word: ավելուկ
roman: aveluk
lang: Armenian
word: թրթնջուկ
roman: tʻrtʻnǰuk
lang: Armenian
word: թթվաշ
roman: tʻtʻvaš
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡуҙғалаҡ
roman: quźğalaq
lang: Belarusian
word: шча́ўе
roman: ščáwje
lang: Bulgarian
word: ки́селец
roman: kíselec
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 酸模
roman: suānmó
lang: Czech
word: šťovík
lang: Dutch
word: zurkel
lang: Dutch
word: veldzuring
lang: Erzya
word: умбрав
roman: umbrav
lang: Estonian
word: oblikas
lang: Finnish
word: suolaheinä
lang: French
word: oseille
lang: Galician
word: aceda
lang: Georgian
word: მჟაუნა
roman: mžauna
lang: German
word: Ampfer
lang: German
word: Sauerampfer
lang: German
word: Blacke
lang: Greek
word: λάπατο
roman: lápato
lang: Hungarian
word: sóska
lang: Icelandic
word: súra
lang: Irish
word: samhadh
lang: Italian
word: acetosa
lang: Italian
word: erba brusca
lang: Japanese
word: 蓚
roman: suiba
lang: Japanese
word: 酸い葉
roman: suiba
lang: Korean
word: 수영
roman: suyeong
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ترشۆکە
roman: tirşoke
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ترشۆک
roman: tirşok
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: tirşik
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ат кулак
roman: at kulak
lang: Kyrgyz
word: козу кулак
roman: kozu kulak
lang: Latin
word: rumex
lang: Latvian
word: skābenes
lang: Lithuanian
word: rūgštynė
lang: Lithuanian
word: rūškynė
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Sauerampel
lang: Macedonian
word: шта́вел
roman: štável
lang: Macedonian
word: ки́селец
roman: kíselec
lang: Māori
word: horera
lang: Mazanderani
word: اسا
roman: assâ
lang: Mazanderani
word: ترشه
roman: tërša
lang: Navajo
word: chaatʼíní
lang: Navajo
word: chąątʼinii
lang: Norman
word: grand' suthelle
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: engsyre
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: engsyre
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: matsyre
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: surblad
lang: Nǀuu
word: gumǁqhoesi
lang: Old English
word: sūre
lang: Ossetian
word: таффӕ
roman: taffæ
lang: Persian
word: ترشک درشت
roman: toršak e dorošt
lang: Persian
word: ترشک
roman: toršak
lang: Persian
word: ترشه
roman: torša
lang: Polish
word: szczaw
lang: Portuguese
word: azeda
lang: Portuguese
word: acetosa
lang: Romanian
word: măcriș
lang: Romanian
word: acriș
lang: Russian
word: щаве́ль
roman: ščavélʹ
lang: Russian
word: ща́вель
roman: ščávelʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: juopmu
lang: Scots
word: sourock
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: samh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кисељак
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kiseljak
lang: Slovak
word: šťaveľ
lang: Slovene
word: kislica
lang: Spanish
word: acedera común
lang: Spanish
word: vinagrera
lang: Svan
word: მუთჴვა̈̄რი
roman: mutqvǟri
lang: Swedish
word: ängssyra
lang: Tagalog
word: kukuyuli
lang: Turkish
word: kuzukulağı
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قوزی قولاغی
roman: kuzu kulağı
lang: Ukrainian
word: ща́вель
roman: ščávelʹ
lang: Welsh
word: suran
lang: Yiddish
word: שטשאַוו
roman: shtshav
lang: Yiddish
word: קוואַסעץ
roman: kvasets
lang: Yiddish
word: כטשוף
roman: khtshuf