onion

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Onions

A sliced onion

[edit] Etymology

Middle English onyon, union, oinyon from Anglo-Norman union from Old French oignon, oingnon from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō "onion, large pearl", lit. "a unity, a oneness" from ūnus "one". Displaced the usual Indo-European term for onion, native Middle English ramsyn, ramsen "onion, leek" (from Old English hramsa, from Proto-Germanic *hramás, hramōn, from Proto-Indo-European *kermus-, kremus- (“‘onion’”)).

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• IPA: /ˈʌnjən/, SAMPA: /"Vnj@n/
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[edit] Noun

onion (plural onions)

1. A monocotyledonous plant of genus Allium allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
2. The bulb of such a plant.
3. (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
4. (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
5. (colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

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[edit] See also

• chive
• scallion
• shallot

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[edit] Noun

onion

1. onion (plant, bulb)