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onion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʌnjɪn/ (Canada)
  • /ˈɐnjən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈɐŋjən/ (Australia, New-Zealand, nonstandard)
  • /ˈʌnj(ə)n/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɪŋ.ən/ (dialectal, obsolete)
  • /ˈʌnjən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈʌŋjɪn/ (Canada, nonstandard)
  • /ˈɔnɪjən/ (South-Asia)
  • (London) audio
  • (California) audio
  • /ˈɪn.jən/ (dialectal, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English onyoun, oynoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō (“onion”), which had also been borrowed into Old English as yne, ynnelēac (“onion”) (> Middle English hynne-leac, henne-leac). Displaced the inherited term ramsons. * (soy): Stems from a 4chan word filter which changes the word soy to onions. The word filter was implemented in relation to the "alpha onion eater" meme, which is depicted as the direct opposite of the soy boy.

Meanings

  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
    • To get started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring, salad seeds like radish, lettuce and spring onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two. 2021, Rose Ray, Caro Langton, Into Green: Everyday Ways to Find and Lose Yourself in Nature, page 62:
    • Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass. 1944, Oregon. Agricultural experiment station, Circular of Information - Issues 323-395, page 3:
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
    • 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
    • Goulash, a local favorite, was brought up-to-date with seared grass-fed rib-eye, stewed cippolini onions and roasted cherry tomatoes. 2015 September 4, “In Minnesota’s Iron Range, Midwestern With a Modern Twist”, in The New York Times:
    • My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
    • Among the ancient Greeks, onions are most frequently mentioned as a stimulus to sexual desire. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 158:
  3. Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
    • Many onions are delicious; domesticated onions such as Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum are especially good, but even wild onions such as Allium canadense and Allium validum are nice in small doses.
  4. (slang) Of a drug, an ounce.
  5. (obsolete, slang) A ball.
  6. (obsolete, slang) A watch-seal.
    • […] 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. […] 1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, page 60:
  7. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”).
    alt of Onion
  8. (qualifier:4chan slang, slang) Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of flaming onion; anti-aircraft fire.
    • Plenty kites came over after dark – we stood outside and watched flares, bombs, ack-ack, and onions on the third escarpment. 1942, Colin Latham, Ann Stobbs, quoting Dick Field, Radar: A Wartime Miracle, Stroud: Sutton, published 1996, page 125:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
onyon alternative, obsolete lexicographic
onions Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

wild onion · spring onion

Deriveds

quantum onion · onion skinning · eat the onion · onion volcano · onion downy mildew · onion dome · onion routing · onion red · onion fish · onion router · onionless · flaming onion · onionin A · onion roll · onion root twitch · onion-skinned · oniony · onion peel · onion fly · onionized · garlion · oniontini · take out an onion · onion snow · onion maggot · onion bag · peel back the onion · peel the onion · onion paper · onion smudge · know one's onions · onion mildew · glass onion · spunion · buckyonion · onion skin · onion louse · onion thrips · onion service · bulge in the onion bag · onion network · onion straw · onion eelworm · onion bottle · onion yellow dwarf virus Potyvirus cepaes · onionskin · French onion soup · bulge the onion bag · Onionland · onionlike · onion ring · onion flute · black onion seed · is someone cutting onions · onioned · wild onion dinner · onion stick · bucky onion · onion booty · onion scab · onion smut · onion Johnny · onion squash · off one's onion · onion bread · onion powdery mildew · onion twitch

Descendants

anian · aniani · anian · aniana · anian

Hyponyms

topset onion (Allium genus) · bog onion (Other genera) · onion bamboo (Other genera) · Chinese onion (Allium genus) · scytheleaf onion (Allium genus) · Cape poison onion (Other genera) · Catawissa onion (Allium genus) · Spanish onion (Allium genus) · giant onion (Allium genus) · Bangalore rose onion (Allium genus) · jeweled onion (Allium genus) · table onion (Allium genus) · desert onion (Allium genus) · one-leaf onion (Allium genus) · red-skinned onion (Allium genus) · [Term?] (Allium genus) · long-root onion (Allium genus) · triploid onion (Allium genus) · blooming onion (Allium genus) · Naples onion (Allium genus) · onion-leafed asphodel (Other genera) · oniongrass (Allium genus) · Canada onion (Allium genus) · sea onion (Other genera) · Vidalia onion (Allium genus) · onion grass) (Other genera) · Bristol onion (Allium genus) · oriental onion (Allium genus) · Maori onion (Other genera) · ball-head onion (Allium genus) · Turkestan onion (Allium genus) · purple onion (Allium genus) · perennial onion (Allium genus) · Pacific mountain onion (Allium genus) · green onion (Allium genus) · onion asphodel (Other genera) · tapertip onion (Allium genus) · onion weed (Allium genus) · shore onion (Allium genus) · button onion (Allium genus) · top onion (Allium genus) · Wakegi onion (Allium genus) · gypsy onion (Allium genus) · long-stamen onion (Allium genus) · salad onion (Allium genus) · long green onion (Allium genus) · nodding onion (Allium genus) · yard onion (Allium genus) · brown onion (Allium genus) · pom-pom onion (Allium genus) · long onion (Allium genus) · pearl onion (Allium genus) · bunching onion (Allium genus) · Altai onion (Allium genus) · climbing onion (Other genera) · onion grass (Allium vineale (Allium genus) · flowering onion (Allium genus) · Hooker's onion (Allium acuminatum (Allium genus) · cipolline onion (Allium genus) · winter onion (Allium genus) · sweet onion (Allium genus) · white onion (Allium genus) · spring onion (Allium genus) · Egyptian onion (Allium genus) · onion couch (Other genera) · silverskin onion (Allium genus) · onionweed (Allium genus) · Pacific onion (Allium genus) · oniongrass (Other genera) · multiplier onion (Allium genus) · Bermuda onion (Allium genus) · angled onion (Allium genus) · red onion (Allium genus) · dry onion (Allium genus) · bulb onion (Allium genus) · coast flatleaf onion (Allium genus) · serrated onion (Allium genus) · crow onion (Allium genus) · Siberian onion (Allium genus) · common onion (Allium genus) · walking onion (Allium genus) · cocktail onion (Allium genus) · Japanese bunching onion (Allium genus) · baby onion (Allium genus) · autumn onion (Allium genus) · swamp onion (Allium genus) · redskin onion (Allium genus) · onionwood (Other genera) · prairie onion (Allium genus)

Relateds

scallion · shallot · chive

Synonyms

violet

Translations (382)

sc chibudha (Allium cepa) · mrw bawang (Allium cepa) · nds Sipel (Allium cepa) · ml സവാള (Allium cepa) · mnc ᡝᠯᡠ (Allium cepa) · it cipolla (Allium cepa) · vi hành tây (Allium cepa) · ur کانْدا (Allium cepa) · hsb kobołk (Allium cepa) · hsb cybla (Allium cepa) · rsk цибуля (Allium cepa) · gag suvan (Allium cepa) · ba һуған (Allium cepa) · tr soğan (Allium cepa) · jv brambang (Allium cepa) · eu tipula (bulb) · sh лу̏к (Allium cepa) · kok पियाउ (Allium cepa) · my ကြက်သွန်နီ (Allium cepa) · sc ciudha (Allium cepa) · sh lȕk (Allium cepa) · rup tseapã (Allium cepa) · pa ਪਿਆਜ਼ (Allium cepa) · kl uanitsoq (Allium cepa) · tsd κρέμμου (Allium cepa) · nb løk (Allium cepa) · liv sīpõl (Allium cepa) · pa گَنْڈھا (Allium cepa) · fi sipulit (genus) · aak anianɨ' (Allium cepa) · fi laukat (genus) · ota بصل (Allium cepa) · ccc sewoyo (Allium cepa) · mhr шоган (Allium cepa) · zh цун (Allium cepa) · cbk cebollas (Allium cepa) · co cipolla (Allium cepa) · hil sibuyas (Allium cepa) · hu hagyma (Allium cepa) · ca ceba (bulb) · ttt piyaz (Allium cepa) · sv lök (Allium cepa) · yue 洋蔥 /洋葱 (bulb) · ky пияз (Allium cepa) · de Zwiebel (Allium cepa) · sah луук (Allium cepa) · cu ⰾⱆⰽⱏ (Allium cepa) · hi पियाज़ (Allium cepa) · mdf шурьхкя (Allium cepa) · uz piyoz (Allium cepa) · ne प्याज (Allium cepa) · mt basla (bulb) · nv tłʼohchin (bulb) · szl cwibla (Allium cepa) · pms siola (Allium cepa) · sce sunguna (Allium cepa) · gv unnish (Allium cepa) · km ខ្ទឹមបារាំង (Allium cepa) · yi ציבעלע (Allium cepa) · lt svogūnas (Allium cepa) · bni litungulu (Allium cepa) · uk лу́ковиця (bulb) · nv tłʼohchin (Allium cepa) · is laukur (Allium cepa) · ota صوغان (Allium cepa) · zh 洋蔥 /洋葱 (Allium cepa) · as পনৰু (Allium cepa) · eo bulbo (bulb) · sw kitunguu (Allium cepa) · ivb bulias (Allium cepa) · bg луковица (bulb) · tl sibuyas (Allium cepa) · qu siwulla (Allium cepa) · csb cebula (Allium cepa) · ml ഉള്ളി (Allium cepa) · ms bawang merah (Allium cepa) · eu tipula (Allium cepa) · af ui (Allium cepa) · alt согонок (Allium cepa) · win šįįǧop (Allium cepa) · fur civole (Allium cepa) · ar بصل (Allium cepa) · aii ܒܸܨܠܵܐ (Allium cepa) · az soğan (Allium cepa) · sh цр̑ни лу̏к (Allium cepa) · bo ཙོང (Allium cepa) · vec zéoła (Allium cepa) · mk главица (bulb) · kjh муксун (Allium cepa) · gl cebola (bulb) · lv sīpols (Allium cepa) · dsb cybula (Allium cepa) · liv tsīpõl (Allium cepa) · pam sibuyas (Allium cepa) · ang ynnelēac (bulb) · ilo sibuyas (Allium cepa) · ami sowana (Allium cepa) · fo leykur (Allium cepa) · am ሽንኩርት (Allium cepa) · de Bölle (Allium cepa) · te ఎర్రగడ్డ (Allium cepa) · vec séoła (Allium cepa) · sa उष्ण (Allium cepa) · ar بُصَل (Allium cepa) · gmw-cfr Öllisch (Allium cepa) · scn cipudda (Allium cepa) · fi sipuli (bulb) · cu лоукъ (Allium cepa) · my ကြက်သွန် (Allium cepa) · mn сонгино (Allium cepa) · sxr 'aumangʉ (Allium cepa) · bg лук (Allium cepa) · tay negi' (Allium cepa) · ckb پیاز (Allium cepa) · lo ຜັກບົ່ວ (Allium cepa) · rm tschagula (Allium cepa) · si ලූනු (Allium cepa) · zh 蔥頭 /葱头 (Allium cepa) · tpi anian (bulb) · ur پِیاز (Allium cepa) · kap хагъо (Allium cepa) · mk кромид (Allium cepa) · dz སྒོགཔ (bulb) · rm tschiguolla (Allium cepa) · ar بصلة (Allium cepa) · fr ognon (Allium cepa) · io onyono (Allium cepa) · la caepa (Allium cepa) · fa پِیاز (Allium cepa) · he בָּצָל (Allium cepa) · ja 玉葱 (Allium cepa) · mi aniana (Allium cepa) · ro ceapă (Allium cepa) · ckb پیواز (Allium cepa) · nl ajuin (Allium cepa) · ks گَنڈٕ (Allium cepa) · cjy 洋蔥 /洋葱 (Allium cepa) · tt суган (Allium cepa) · fa پِیَاز (Allium cepa) · th หอมใหญ่ (Allium cepa) · pt cebola (Allium cepa) · mg tongolo (Allium cepa) · grc κρόμμυον (Allium cepa) · sco ingan (Allium cepa) · te ఉల్లి (Allium cepa) · fi keltasipuli (Allium cepa) · ru голо́вка (bulb) · srn ayun (Allium cepa) · alt согоно (Allium cepa) · arc בָּצְלָא (Allium cepa) · iu ᐅᐊᓂᐅᔮᖅ (Allium cepa) · sv gullök (Allium cepa) · mos albasle (Allium cepa) · pa پیْاز (Allium cepa) · sa सुकन्द (Allium cepa) · sc chepudha (Allium cepa) · ce хох (Allium cepa) · pa ਗਠਾ (Allium cepa) · sh cȓni lȕk (Allium cepa) · mt basla (Allium cepa) · dv ފިޔާ (Allium cepa) · uk цибу́лина (bulb) · ar بصلة (Allium cepa) · rhg fiañs (Allium cepa) · sc gibudha (Allium cepa) · lb Zwiwwel (Allium cepa) · eo cepo (Allium cepa) · mag 𑂣𑂵𑂄𑂔𑂳 (Allium cepa) · rcf zoignon (Allium cepa) · it cipolla (bulb) · zh 洋蔥頭 /洋葱头 (bulb) · hsn 洋蔥 /洋葱 (Allium cepa) · fj varasa (Allium cepa) · sh цр̀венӣ лу̏к (Allium cepa) · os хъӕдындз (Allium cepa) · ast cebolla (Allium cepa) · ms bawang (bulb) · aa basáltu (Allium cepa) · ckt майъоԓяԓгын (Allium cepa) · et sibul (Allium cepa) · ee sabala (Allium cepa) · ka ხახვი (Allium cepa) · orv лукъ (Allium cepa) · tk sogan (Allium cepa) · myv чурька (Allium cepa) · el κρεμμύδι (bulb) · ur پْیاز (Allium cepa) · gld элу (Allium cepa) · ilo lasuna (Allium cepa) · nrf ouongnon (Allium cepa) · wa agnon (Allium cepa) · cjy 蔥頭 /葱头 (Allium cepa) · te ఉల్లిపాయ (bulb) · shu بصلاي (Allium cepa) · tl sibuyas (bulb) · ja ネギ属 (genus) · ti ሽጉርቲ (Allium cepa) · gu ડુંગળી (Allium cepa) · da løg (Allium cepa) · th หัวหอม (Allium cepa) · gur geene (Allium cepa) · te నీరుల్లి (Allium cepa) · pdt Zippel (bulb) · sh cr̀venī lȕk (Allium cepa) · ia cibolla (Allium cepa) · mn ᠰᠣᠩᠭᠢᠨ᠎ᠠ (Allium cepa) · krl luukko (Allium cepa) · gd uinnean (Allium cepa) · ki gĩtũngũrũ (Allium cepa) · nn lauk (bulb) · ab ахыц (Allium cepa) · tly piyoz (Allium cepa) · lo ຜັກບົ່ວຫົວໃຫຍ່ (Allium cepa) · ms bawang (Allium cepa) · xmf ხვარხვი (Allium cepa) · enm onyoun (bulb) · ml സവോള (Allium cepa) · bcl sebolyas (bulb) · kbd бжьыны (Allium cepa) · sma lööke (Allium cepa) · mos gebre (Allium cepa) · es cebolla (bulb) · sc chipudha (Allium cepa) · pnt κρομμύδ’ (Allium cepa) · ha àlbásà (Allium cepa) · be цыбу́ля (genus) · ovd lok (Allium cepa) · sq Kep (gheg) (Allium cepa) · te ఉల్లిగడ్డ (Allium cepa) · wym cwypuł (Allium cepa) · bua һонгино (Allium cepa) · ln litungulu (Allium cepa) · enm onyoun (Allium cepa) · za yangzcoeng (Allium cepa) · uk лук (Allium cepa) · zh пиязы (Allium cepa) · pa ਗੰਢਾ (Allium cepa) · ceb sibuyas (Allium cepa) · la caepa (bulb) · ar بصل (Allium cepa) · vec ziola (Allium cepa) · kok पियाउ (bulb) · evn эӈуктэ (Allium cepa) · gur albarsa (Allium cepa) · id bawang (Allium cepa) · fr oignon (Allium cepa) · tpi anian (Allium cepa) · cv сухан (Allium cepa) · sa दीपन (Allium cepa) · tum hanyezi (Allium cepa) · pt cebola (bulb) · gag suan (Allium cepa) · inh хох (Allium cepa) · mba sibuyas (Allium cepa) · pl czosnek (genus) · ota صوغان (bulb) · nb løk (bulb) · ja オニオン (bulb) · sl čebulica (bulb) · gu ડુંગળી (bulb) · tyv согуна (Allium cepa) · oj zhigaagawanzh (Allium cepa) · ko 양파 (Allium cepa) · el κρεμμύδι (Allium cepa) · bg лу́кови (genus) · fax cebola (Allium cepa) · ca ceba (Allium cepa) · hi कांदा (Allium cepa) · ru лук (Allium cepa) · zh 蔥頭 /葱头 (bulb) · sl čebula (Allium cepa) · as পিয়াঁজ (bulb) · la cēpa (Allium cepa) · nap cepolla (Allium cepa) · yue 洋蔥 /洋葱 (Allium cepa) · rm tschavola (Allium cepa) · br ognonenn (Allium cepa) · as পনৰু (bulb) · grc κρόμμυον (bulb) · csm siwo·ja- (Allium cepa) · pl cebula (bulb) · ota بصل (bulb) · ta வெங்காயம் (Allium cepa) · pwn nigi (Allium cepa) · fa سوخ (Allium cepa) · ga oinniún (bulb) · zh 北蔥 /北葱 (Allium cepa) · ml സബോള (Allium cepa) · ga oinniún (Allium cepa) · et sibul (bulb) · nn lauk (Allium cepa) · be цыбу́ля (Allium cepa) · fi sipuli (Allium cepa) · rgn àj (Allium cepa) · be цыбуліна (bulb) · ro ceapă (bulb) · nl ui (Allium cepa) · sd بَصَرُ (Allium cepa) · ug پىياز (Allium cepa) · la cēpa (bulb) · gil ánian (Allium cepa) · crh soğan (Allium cepa) · zea juun (Allium cepa) · mai पेआजु (Allium cepa) · ru лу́ковица (bulb) · se lávki (Allium cepa) · kmr pîvaz (Allium cepa) · cs cibule (Allium cepa) · cop ⲙϫⲱⲗ (Allium cepa) · si ලූණු (Allium cepa) · br ognon (Allium cepa) · clt piesiy (bulb) · nah xonacatl (Allium cepa) · sq qepë (Allium cepa) · sc cibudha (Allium cepa) · hi प्याज़ (Allium cepa) · rm tschaguola (Allium cepa) · bcl sibulyas (Allium cepa) · he בָּצָל (bulb) · kn ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ (Allium cepa) · da løg (bulb) · kk пияз (bulb) · kum согъан (Allium cepa) · nrf ouagniaon (Allium cepa) · oc ceba (Allium cepa) · uk цибу́ля (Allium cepa) · yue 洋蔥頭 /洋葱头 (bulb) · dlm capula (Allium cepa) · ssy basal (Allium cepa) · fa سوخ (Allium cepa) · hak 洋蔥 /洋葱 (Allium cepa) · mr कांदा (bulb) · pl cebula (Allium cepa) · mfe zwayon (bulb) · vo beb (Allium cepa) · ivb bulyas (Allium cepa) · as পিয়াঁজ (Allium cepa) · krc сохан (Allium cepa) · stq Siepel (Allium cepa) · ar بَصَل (Allium cepa) · haw ʻakaʻakai (Allium cepa) · gl cebola (Allium cepa) · sw kitunguu (bulb) · smj løhkka (Allium cepa) · wuu 洋蔥 /洋葱 (Allium cepa) · ady бжьыны (Allium cepa) · udm сугон (Allium cepa) · kk пияз (Allium cepa) · wo soble (Allium cepa) · hy սոխ (Allium cepa) · xal мәңгрсн (Allium cepa) · ike kiannatuk (Allium cepa) · gd uinnean (bulb) · sk cibuľa (Allium cepa) · pdt Zippel (Allium cepa) · vi hành (Allium cepa) · arc ܒܨܠܐ (Allium cepa) · ny anyezi (Allium cepa) · ang ċīepe (bulb) · or ପିଆଜ (Allium cepa) · lb Ënn (Allium cepa) · sms luukk (Allium cepa) · li un (Allium cepa) · es cebolla (Allium cepa) · bn পেঁয়াজ (Allium cepa) · ps پياز (Allium cepa) · lad sevoya (Allium cepa) · fur cevole (Allium cepa) · be лук (Allium cepa) · tg пиёз (Allium cepa) · bh 𑂣𑂱𑂄𑂔 (Allium cepa) · fy sipel (Allium cepa) · hrx Zwiwel (Allium cepa) · zh 洋蔥 /洋葱 (bulb) · shu بصل (Allium cepa) · akz kasooma (Allium cepa) · cjs оқсум (Allium cepa) · mr कांदा (Allium cepa) · av пер (Allium cepa) · cr wiheekaskosis (Allium cepa) · wa agnon (bulb) · cop ⲙϫⲱⲗ (bulb)

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