onion
A monocotyledonous plant, allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spiceA monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
» I can eat anything but onions.
Ich kann alles essen, nur keine Zwiebeln.
Я їм все, окрім цибулі.
Meaning
7 sensesA monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
Zwiebel, Bölle
лукluk
цибу́ляcybúlja, лукluk
The bulb of such a plant.
My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
лу́ковицаlúkovica, голо́вкаgolóvka
лу́ковицяlúkovycja, цибу́линаcybúlyna
the bulb of an onion plant
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.
(slang)Of a drug, an ounce.
(slang)Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.
(obsolete, slang)A ball.
(obsolete, slang)A watch-seal.
Examples
275 sentencesI can eat anything but onions.
Я їм все, окрім цибулі.
deIch kann alles essen, nur keine Zwiebeln.
I need three large onions and a head of cabbage.
Мені потрібні три великі цибулини та головка капусти.
Onions cook more quickly than potatoes.
Цибуля готується швидше, ніж картопля.
ruЛук готовится быстрее, чем картофель.
deZwiebeln kochen schneller als Kartoffeln.
Why do onions make you cry?
Чому від цибулі плачуть?
ruПочему от лука плачут?
deWarum muss man beim Zwiebelnschneiden weinen?
Mary cut herself while she was chopping up onions.
Мері порізалася, коли різала цибулю.
ruМэри порезалась, когда нарезала лук.
deMaria hat sich geschnitten, während sie Zwiebeln kleinhackte.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English onyoun, oynoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusativeFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: onionsSynonyms
3 synonyms- bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb:onion plantAllium cepa
Word family
44 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- some onions
- eat onions
- like onions