English
Etymology
Borrowed from French mâche.
Noun
mâche (uncountable)
- Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.
Usage notes
Though there are native terms for this plant, the French term is often used.
(Similar to arugula versus rocket.)
Synonyms
Translations
Valerianella locusta
- Basque: ardi-mihi
- Catalan: herba dels canonges f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (please verify) 萵苣纈草 / 莴苣缬草 (gao ju xie cao) (Taiwan), (ye ju)
- Czech: polníček (cs) m
- Danish: tandfri vårsalat
- Dutch: veldsla (nl)
- French: mâche (fr), mâche potagère, valérianelle (fr), blanchette (fr), boursette (fr), clairette (fr), doucette (fr), oreillette (fr), rampon (fr), valérianelle (fr), salade de blé (fr)
- German: Ackersalat, (please verify) Echter Feldsalat, (please verify) Gewöhnlicher Feldsalat, (Switzerland) Nüsslisalat, (please verify) Nüsslisalat Feldsalat, Rapunzel (de), (please verify) Salat-Rapünzchen, (please verify) Sonnenwirbele, (Austria) Vogerlsalat (de)
- Greek: μαρουλάκι (el) (marouláki), σμίρνηο (smírnio)
- Italian: gallinella commune, lattughella, valerianella (it)
- Japanese: コーンサラダ (kōn sarada), マーシュ (māshu), ノヂシャ (nojisha), ノジシャ (nojisha)
- Norwegian: vårsalat
- Occitan: doceta f
- Polish: roszponka warzywna f, roszpunka warzywna f
- Portuguese: alface (pt)
- Russian: полево́й сала́т m (polevój salát)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: matovilac (sh)
- Spanish: canónigos (es), lechuga de campo
- Swedish: vårklynne, vårsallat
- Turkish: kuzugevreği
- Ukrainian: мласкавець салатний m (mlaskavecʹ salatnyj)
- Venetan: gałinełe f pl
- Welsh: gwylaeth yr oen m
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
mâche
- inflection of mâcher:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Noun
mâche f (plural mâches)
- a plant used in salads, Valerianella locusta, corn salad, lamb's lettuce
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