oignon

An onion: an edible bulb with a strong smell and taste, used as a vegetable or seasoning.

Etymology

From Old French oignon, from Latin unio, unionem, meaning a single large onion or pearl.

Collocations

The onion plant, cultivated for its edible bulb.

Etymology

From Old French oignon, from Latin unio, unionem.

Collocations

A bunion or painful swelling on the foot, especially near the big toe.

Etymology

A figurative use based on the rounded shape of an onion.

Collocations

One's private business or personal affairs, used mainly in the plural in informal expressions.

Etymology

A figurative colloquial use of oignon, chiefly in fixed expressions.

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