sorrel

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒɹəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹəl/, /ˈsɑɹəl/ Hyphenation: sor‧rel Rhymes: -ɒɹəl === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels) Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially Rumex acetosa (common sorrel, garden sorrel), sometimes used as a salad vegetable. Members of genus Oxalis or family Oxalidaceae, woodsorrels. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa. A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa: hibiscus tea. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== oxalic acid schav sourwood === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *sorel, from Middle French *sorel, sorrel, surrel, from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown”), probably from Old Frankish *saur (“dried”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *saus- (“dry, parched”); equivalent to sore (“reddish-brown”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch soor (“dry”), Old High German sōrēn (“to become dry”), and Old English sēar (“withered, barren”). See also sere. ==== Noun ==== sorrel (countable and uncountable, plural sorrels) A brown colour, with a tint of red. Synonym: chestnut ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== sorrel (not comparable) Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse) ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Colors === Further reading === sorrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia