onion
See also: .onion
English
Etymology
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”). Displaced the inherited term ramsons.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʌnjən/
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Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌnjən
Noun
onion (plural onions)
- A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- The bulb of such a plant.
- 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
- dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
- (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
- (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
- (colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Synonyms
- (vegetable): violet (UK dialect)
Derived terms
- baby onion
- Canada onion(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Egyptian onion (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- green onion
- Japanese bunching onion
- long onion
- onion bag
- onion dome
- onion flute
- onion fly
- onion grass (Allium vineale)
- onion mildew
- onion red
- onion ring
- onion routing
- onion smudge(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) - onion smut(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) - onion stick
- onion thrips(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- pickled onion
- potato onion
- precious onion
- red onion
- salad onion
- spring onion
- table onion
- Vidalia onion
- Welsh onion
- yard onion
- yellow onion
Translations
plant
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bulb
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See also
Welsh
Noun
onion m (singulative onionyn)
- Alternative form of wynwyn (“onion”)
Mutation
| 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
- 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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