oignon

• (France) ognon (post-1990 spelling)

From Middle French oingnon, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, ūniōnem m.

• (France) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɲɔ̃/, (non-standard) /wa.ɲɔ̃/

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  • (Provence) IPA^(key): /oˈɲɔᵑ/, /oˈɲɔɲ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɔɲõ/

oignon m (plural oignons)

1. onion (Allium cepa)
2. bulb (of a plant)
3. (in the plural, colloquial) one's own business

• aux petits oignons
• en rang d'oignon
• oignon vert
• se mêler de ses oignons, s'occuper de ses oignons (“mind one's own business”)

• Saint Dominican Creole French: z'oignon
  • Haitian Creole: zonyon
• Seychellois Creole: zonyon

• “oignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• oinon, oingnun, union, unniun

Inherited from Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“onion”).

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /oˈɲon/
• (classical, late) IPA^(key): /uˈɲun/

oignon m (oblique plural oignons, nominative singular oignons, nominative plural oignon)

1. onion (Allium cepa)