English Explanatory Dictionary

sorrel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
  2. Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable.
  3. Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
  4. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
  5. A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea.
noun
  1. A brown colour, with a tint of red.
adj
  1. Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)
name
  1. A female given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒɹəl/ /ˈsɔɹəl/ /ˈsɑɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sorrel.wav

Word forms

sorrel sorrels

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.

Synonyms

chestnut

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

Albanian: lëpjetë Arabic: حُمَّاض بُسْتَانِيّ Armenian: ավելուկ Armenian: թրթնջուկ Armenian: թթվաշ Bashkir: ҡуҙғалаҡ Belarusian: шча́ўе Bulgarian: ки́селец Chinese Mandarin: 酸模 Czech: šťovík Dutch: zurkel Dutch: veldzuring Erzya: умбрав Estonian: oblikas Finnish: suolaheinä French: oseille Galician: aceda Georgian: მჟაუნა German: Ampfer German: Sauerampfer German: Blacke Greek: λάπατο Hungarian: sóska Icelandic: súra Irish: samhadh Italian: acetosa Italian: erba brusca Japanese: 蓚 Japanese: 酸い葉 Korean: 수영 Central Kurdish: ترۆشکە Central Kurdish: ترۆشک Northern Kurdish: tirşik Kyrgyz: ат кулак Kyrgyz: козу кулак Latin: rumex Latvian: skābenes Lithuanian: rūgštynė Lithuanian: rūškynė Luxembourgish: Sauerampel Macedonian: шта́вел Macedonian: ки́селец Māori: horera Mazanderani: اسا Mazanderani: ترشه Navajo: chaatʼíní Navajo: chąątʼinii Norman: grand' suthelle Norwegian Bokmål: engsyre Norwegian Nynorsk: engsyre Norwegian Nynorsk: matsyre Norwegian Nynorsk: surblad Nǀuu: gumǁqhoesi Old English: sūre Ossetian: таффӕ
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