oignon
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French oingnon, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oignon m (plural oignons)
- onion (Allium cepa)
- bulb (of a plant)
- (in the plural, colloquial) one's own business
Derived terms edit
- aux petits oignons
- en rang d’oignon
- oignon vert
- se mêler de ses oignons, s’occuper de ses oignons (“mind one's own business”)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “oignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oignon oblique singular, m (oblique plural oignons, nominative singular oignons, nominative plural oignon)
Descendants edit
- Angevin: ognon, ugnon
- ⇒ Bourbonnais-Berrichon: ognounet
- Bourguignon: ougnion
- Champenois: ègnon, ognon, ongnon, ougnon
- Franc-Comtois: agnon, ègnon, onon, ognon, ougnon, ounon
- Middle French: oingnon
- Gallo: ongnon
- Lorrain: ougnan
- Norman: ougnoun, ouongnon
- Picard: ongnon
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: egnun, ignun, ougnun
- Walloon: agnon
- → Middle Breton: oingnon
- Breton: ognon
- → Middle Dutch: ayuun, ejuun, oinjun
- Dutch: ajuin (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Dutch: uyen
- → Middle English: onyoun
- English: onion (see there for further descendants)
- →? Middle Irish: uinniún
- Irish: oinniún
- → Welsh: wynwyn