cebola

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeˈβola̝/, (western) /sɛˈβɔla̝/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cebola f (plural cebolas)

1. onion
   • 1347, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310):

     quinze restres de cebolas boas das que ouver en o dito casar de LXVIII cebolas a restre

     fifteen plaits of good onions, of the ones produced at that farm, each plait made with 68 onions

Derived terms

• cebola das gaivotas
• cebola do mar
• ceboleiro
• ceboleta
• ceboliño
• cebolo

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cebola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cebola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

cebola

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈbolɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cebola f (plural cebolas)

1. onion (a monocotyledonous plant of the genus Allium allied to garlic, used as a vegetable and a spice)