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Allium cepa, scallion, eschallot, shallot
My mother made some tasty onion soup.
صنعت والدتي حساء بصلٍ لذيذ.
The chef added too much onion to the dish, and the taste was unbearable.
أضاف الطباخ الكثير من البصل إلى الطبق، وأصبح الطعم لا يطاق.
be careful when you cut onions, they will make you cry.
احذر عند تقطيع البصل، فسيجعلك تبكي.
Onions are made up of many layers, and you can peel them one at a time.
يتكون البصل من العديد من الطبقات، وبإمكانك تقشيره طبقة تلو الأخرى.
I don't like cutting onions, because they trigger my allergy.
لا أحب تقطيع البصل، لأنه يحفز حساسيتي.
red onions
بصل أحمر
I like adding diced red onions to my salad.
pearl onions
بصل صغير جدًا
My mother adds small pearl onions to the chicken soup.
onion soup
حساء البصل
Onion soup is my favorite soup.
fried onion
بصل مقلي
I would like to order a big meal, with a side order of fried onions.
early 12c., ungeon, oinyon, unione, "the underground bulb of the common onion plant," from Anglo-French union, Old French oignon "onion" (formerly also oingnon), and directly from Latin unionem (nominative unio), a colloquial rustic Roman word for a kind of onion, also "pearl" (via the notion of a string of onions), literally "one, unity." The sense connection is the unity of the successive layers of an onion, in contrast with garlic or cloves.
