oignon

== French == === Alternative forms === ognon (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French oingnon, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem. === Pronunciation === (France) IPA(key): /ɔ.ɲɔ̃/, (proscribed but common) /wa.ɲɔ̃/ (Provence) IPA(key): /oˈɲɔᵑ/, /oˈɲɔŋ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ɔɲõ/ === Noun === oignon m (plural oignons) onion (Allium cepa) bulb (of a plant) (in the plural, colloquial) one's own business ==== Derived terms ==== 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 ==== Saint Dominican Creole French: z'oignonHaitian Creole: zonyon Seychellois Creole: zonyon === Further reading === “oignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Inherited from Latin ūniōnem. === Pronunciation === (classical) IPA(key): /uˈɲun/ === Noun === oignon oblique singular, m (oblique plural oignons, nominative singular oignons, nominative plural oignon) onion (Allium cepa) ==== Descendants ==== === References === “oignon”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-. oignon on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub