ciboule

French

ciboule (plural ciboules)

1. (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 […]

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

• IPA^(key): /si.bul/

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ciboule f (plural ciboules)

1. scallion, spring onion (Allium fistulosum)

• ciboulette
• ciboulot

• cive

• oignon, ognon
• échalote

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