onion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
The bulb of such a plant.
Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
Of a drug, an ounce.
A ball.
A watch-seal.
Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”).
Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.

noun

An inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian.

Pronunciation

/ˈʌn.jən/ En-uk-onion.ogg en-us-onion.ogg /ˈʌn.jɪn/ /ˈʌŋ.jɪn/ /ˈɐn.jən/ /ˈɐŋ.jən/ /ˈan.jən/ /ˈaŋ.jən/ /ˈɔnɪjən/ /ˈɪŋ.ən/ /ˈɪn.jən/

Word forms

onion onions onyon

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). Also displaced Middle English knelek (literally “knee-leek”) and 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.

Synonyms

violet

Related words

chive scallion shallot

Derived words

Altai onion angled onion autumn onion baby onion ball-head onion Bangalore rose onion Bermuda onion blooming onion bog onion Bristol onion brown onion bucky onion buckyonion bulb onion bulge in the onion bag bulge the onion bag bunching onion button onion Canada onion Cape poison onion Catawissa onion Chinese onion cipolline onion climbing onion coast flatleaf onion cocktail onion common onion crow onion desert onion dry onion eat the onion Egyptian onion flaming onion flowering onion French onion soup garlion giant onion glass onion green onion gypsy onion Hooker's onion (Allium acuminatum is someone cutting onions Japanese bunching onion jeweled onion know one's onions long green onion long onion long-root onion long-stamen onion Maori onion multiplier onion Naples onion nodding onion off one's onion one-leaf onion onion asphodel onion bag onion bamboo onion booty onion bottle

Translations

Abkhaz: ахыц Afar: basáltu Afrikaans: ui Alabama: kasooma Albanian: qepë f Kep (gheg) Southern Altai: согоно Amharic: ሽንኩርት Amis: sowana Ankave: anianɨ' Arabic: بَصَل Arabic: بصل Arabic: بصلة Arabic: بُصَل Chadian Arabic: بصل Chadian Arabic: بصلاي Aramaic: בָּצְלָא Aramaic: ܒܨܠܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܸܨܠܵܐ Armenian: սոխ Aromanian: tseapã Assamese: পিয়াঁজ Assamese: পনৰু Asturian: cebolla Atayal: negi' Avar: пер Azerbaijani: soğan Bangi: litungulu Bashkir: һуған Basque: tipula Belarusian: цыбу́ля Belarusian: лук Bengali: পেঁয়াজ Bezhta: хагъо Bhojpuri: 𑂣𑂱𑂄𑂔 Central Bikol: sibulyas Breton: ognonenn Bulgarian: лук Burmese: ကြက်သွန်နီ Burmese: ကြက်သွန် Buryat: һонгино Catalan: ceba Cebuano: sibuyas Chamicuro: sewoyo Chavacano: cebollas Chechen: хох Chichewa: anyezi Chinese Cantonese: 洋蔥 /洋葱 Chinese: цун Chinese: пиязы Chinese: 北蔥 /北葱 Chinese: 蔥頭 /葱头

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