English Explanatory Dictionary

chive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
  2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  3. The spring onion; the green onion; the scallion.
noun
  1. A piece cut off; sliver.
  2. The filament which supports the anther of a flower; stamen, especially of saffron.
noun
  1. A knife.
  2. A file.
  3. A saw.
verb
  1. To stab.
  2. To cut.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃaɪv/ en-us-chive.ogg

Word forms

chive chives cive chithe chire chieve chife chiv chiving chived

Etymology

From Middle English chive~cyve, from Old French chive~cive, from Latin cēpa (“onion”).

Synonyms

jab shiv chef chib ching chive enthrill foin gore gride job juke kebab knifecrime lancinate pigstick pink poach run through shank spear speet splash stab stick stob stog thrust yerk incise snithe carve cut gash incide lacerate race share snead snick slash slive

Related words

scallion shallot spring onion chism chit

Derived words

Chinese chive civey garlic chive chive fencer shiv chive the darbies chiving lay chiving the froe

Translations

Afrikaans: grasuie Arabic: ثُوم مُعَمَّر Armenian: սոխուկ Basque: tipulin Belarusian: скарада́ Belarusian: рэ́занец Catalan: cibulet Catalan: cebollí Catalan: porradell Chinese Mandarin: 細香蔥 /细香葱 Chinese Mandarin: 蝦夷蔥 /虾夷葱 Czech: pažitka Czech: šnytlík Danish: purløg Dutch: bieslook Erzya: сятказ Esperanto: ŝenoprazo Faroese: grønleykur Faroese: grasleykur Finnish: ruoholaukka Finnish: ruohosipuli French: ciboulette French: cive Galician: ceboliño Galician: cebolo German: Schnittlauch German: Binsenlauch German: Graslauch Greek: σχοινόπρασο Gwich'in: tł’oo drik Hebrew: עירית Hungarian: metélőhagyma Hungarian: snidling Icelandic: graslaukur Indonesian: lokio Ingrian: laukkaheinä Ingrian: maasipuli Italian: erba cipollina Italian: cipolletta Japanese: チャイブ Japanese: 西洋浅葱 Japanese: 蝦夷葱 Korean: 차이브 Macedonian: власец Malay: kucai Norwegian: gressløk Polish: czosnek szczypiorek Polish: szczypiorek Polish: szczypior Portuguese: cebolinha Romanian: arpagic Russian: шни́тт-лук Russian: скорода́ Russian: лук-скорода́ Russian: ре́занец Russian: лук-ре́занец Scottish Gaelic: creamh-gàrraidh Serbo-Croatian: вла́сац Serbo-Croatian: дро̀бња̄к Serbo-Croatian: шни̏тлах Serbo-Croatian: шни̏тлинг Serbo-Croatian: vlásac Serbo-Croatian: dròbnjāk Serbo-Croatian: šnȉtlah Serbo-Croatian: šnȉtling Silesian: szńitloch Slovak: pažítka Slovene: drobnják Spanish: cebolleta Spanish: cebollino Spanish: cebollana
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