alsem

From Middle Dutch alsene. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.səm/

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• Hyphenation: al‧sem
• Rhymes: -ɑlsəm

alsem m (plural alsems)

1. (chiefly uncountable) artemisia, any herb of the genus Artemisia.
2. (uncountable) the buds and flowers of the artemisia plants, used as a herb

• Afrikaans: als
• Negerhollands: alsem, als
• → Papiamentu: alsem (dated)

From Proto-Northern Luzon *ʔalsəm "sour", from Proto-Philippine *qalsəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləsəm.

• Hyphenation: al‧sem
• (Amianan) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈsɛm/
• (Abagatan) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈsɯm/

alsém

1. sourness