sorrel

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
2. Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially
3. Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels.
4. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
5. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.

Adj

Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)

Concepts

oseille

oxalis

alezan

🌰

oxalide

bai

isabelle

darse

rumex

oseille commune

carcadé

hibiscus sabdariffa

oseille grande

Synonymes

dock

roselle

chestnut

🌰

common sorrel

rozelle

sour grass

oxalis

sour dock

bay

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Jamaica sorrel

brownish-orange

russet

wood sorrel

red sorrel

reddish-brown

oca

sheep’s sorrel

blue-dun

dun

florid

maroon

red

reddish

rouge

ruddy

Isabel

Isabella

Oxalis

red-brown

brownish-red

cinnamon-red

cuckoo bread

garden sorrel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɒɹəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sorel

Appartenant à ancien anglais: sūre

Appartenant à islandais: súra

Appartenant à néerlandais: zuring

Hérité de moyen anglais: *sorel

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: soor

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: sōrēn

Appartenant à ancien anglais: sēar

In summary

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.