oignon

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

oignon

From the Late Latin ūniōnem, the accusative of ūnio (in Columella: 'a kind of onion that has no cloves'). Unio is related to unus ('one') because, unlike garlic, it has a single tuber. In northern Gaul, unionem superseded the Classical Latin caepa, which is preserved elsewhere (Occitan and Catalan: ceba, Spanish: cebolla, Italian: cipolla, Portuguese: cebola, Romanian: ceapă); see also shallot, chives, which are of Provençal origin.

Definitions

botanique
botaniquecuisine

Plural

oignons

Hyperonyms

monocotylédoneamaryllidacée

Hyponym

Translations

  • germangerman:Zwiebel
  • englishenglish:onion
  • arabicarabic:بصل
  • chinesechinese:洋葱
  • koreankorean:양파
  • danishdanish:løg
  • spanishspanish:bunio
  • finnishfinnish:sipuli
  • greekgreek:βολβός
  • hebrewhebrew:בצל
  • italianitalian:cipolla
  • japanesejapanese:玉ねぎ
  • dutchdutch:knol
  • polishpolish:cebula
  • portugueseportuguese:cebola
  • russianrussian:лук
  • swedishswedish:lök
  • turkishturkish:soğan

See also

ognonière (cn.) oignonet (cn.) oignonière (cn.) ognon (cn.) oignons (v.)