cebolla

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

Noun

cebolla f (plural cebolles)

  1. onion (a monocotyledonous plant of genus Allium allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡seˈboʎa/

Noun

cebolla f (plural cebollas)

  1. onion
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 65r.
      Et a tal propriedat que ſi la meten en çumo de cebollas, pierde aquella uertud que dixiemos que a de quaiar el argent uiuo.
      And its property is such that if it is placed in onion juice, it loses the virtue we said it has, which is setting quicksilver.

Descendants
  • Spanish: cebolla

Spanish
Cebollas

Etymology

From Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa, whence English chive (via French).

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈboʝa/ [θeˈβ̞o.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈboʎa/ [θeˈβ̞o.ʎa]
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈboʝa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /seˈboʎa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈboʃa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈboʒa/ [seˈβ̞o.ʒa]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒa

  • Syllabification: ce‧bo‧lla

Noun

cebolla f (plural cebollas)

  1. onion

Derived terms

Descendants

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