ciboule

English

Etymology

Noun

ciboule (plural ciboules)

(archaic) scallion (Allium fistulosum)
- 1874, William Rhind, A History of the Vegetable Kingdom
  The cultivation of the ciboule has been known in England since the early part of the seventeenth century […]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan cebola, cibola, from Late Latin cepulla or caepulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa or caepa (“onion”) (whence the inherited French cive (“chive”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.bul/

Noun

ciboule f (plural ciboules)

scallion, spring onion (Allium fistulosum)

Derived terms

Related terms

cive

See also

Further reading

“ciboule” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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