onion

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English[edit]

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Onions.
A sliced onion.

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English onyon, union, oinyon, borrowed from Anglo-Norman union et al. and Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō (“onion, large pearl”), which had also been borrowed into Old English as ynne, ynnelēac (“onion”) (> Middle English hynne-leac, henne-leac). Also displaced Middle English knelek (“onion”) and the inherited term ramsons.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

onion (plural onions)

  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), 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.
  6. (obsolete, slang) A watch-seal.
    • 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London (page 60)
      […] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; / O was an Onion, possessed by a swell; / P was a Pannie, done niblike and well. […]

Synonyms[edit]

  • (vegetable): violet (UK dialect)

Derived terms[edit]

|autumn onion (Allium stellatum) |baby onion |Bangalore rose onion |Bermuda onion |bog onion |Bristol onion (Allium sphaerocephalon) |brown onion |bulb onion (Allium cepa) |bunching onion (Allium fistulosum) |button onion |Canada onion (Allium canadense) |Cape poison onion (Ornithoglossum glaucum) |cipolline onion |climbing onion Bowiea volubilis) |coast flatleaf onion (Allium falcifolium) |cocktail onion |common onion (Allium cepa) |crow onion (Allium vineale) |dry onion |Egyptian onion (Allium × proliferum, syn. Allium cepa var. viviparum) |flowering onion (Allium neopolitanum) |glass onion |green onion |Hooker's onion (Allium acuminatum| |Japanese bunching onion (Allium fistulosum) |jeweled onion (Allium serra) |long green onion (Allium fistulosum) |long onion |Maori onion |multiplier onion (Allium cepa var. aggregatum) |nodding onion (Allium cernuum) |one-leaf onion (Allium unifolium) |onion bag |onion dome |onion downy mildew (Peronospora destructor) |onion eelworm Ditylenchus dipsaci) |onion fish |onion flute |onion fly (Delia antiqua) |onion grass (Allium vineale) |onion louse (Thrips tabaci) |onion maggot (Delia antiqua) |onion mildew |onion paper |onion powdery mildew (Leveillula taurica) |onion red |onion ring |onion routing |onion scab (Colletotrichum circinans) |onion smudge (Colletotrichum circinans) |onion smut (Urocystis cepulae) |onion snow |onion stick |onion straw |onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) |onion weed (Nuthoscordum inodorum) |oniony |Onion yellow dwarf virus |Pacific onion (Allium validum) |Pacific mountain onion (Allium validum) |pearl onion |pom-pom onion (Allium serra) |potato onion (Allium cepa var. aggregatum) |prairie onion (Allium stellatum) |purple onion |quantum onion |red onion |red-skinned onion (Allium haematochiton) |salad onion (Allium fistulosum) |serrated onion (Allium serra) |scytheleaf onion (Allium falcifolium) |sea onion (Urginea maritima) |shore onion (Allium schoenoprasum) |Siberian onion |silverskin onion |Spanish onion |spring onion (Allium fistulosum) |spunion |swamp onion (Allium validum) |sweet onion |table onion |tapertip onion (Allium acuminatum) |topset onion (Allium × proliferum, syn. Allium cepa var. viviparum) |tree onion (Allium × proliferum, syn. Allium cepa var. viviparum) |twincrest onion (Allium bisceptrum) |Vidalia onion |walking onoin (Allium × proliferum) |Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) |white onion |winter onion |yard onion |yellow onion }}

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Welsh[edit]

Noun[edit]

onion m (singulative onionyn)

  1. Alternative form of wynwyn (“onion”)

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
onion unchanged unchanged honion
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “wynwyn, wnion, winion, winiwn, &c.”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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