parsley

Other forms of parsley

plural

parsleys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parsley

What does parsley mean?

parsley means "annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parsley?

parsley has 2 syllables: par-sley. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹsli/.

What is another word for parsley?

Close synonyms include Petroselinum crispum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parsley a common word?

parsley is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.