英単語

onionの意味・使い方・発音

onion

英 ['ʌnjən] 美 ['ʌnjən]
  • n. タマネギ;タマネギの頭

語源


オニオン

名詞の接尾辞であるoneと-ionから。比喩的な用法で、玉ねぎを一緒に包むことから名付けられた。

英語の語源


onion
onion: [14] The usual Old English word for ‘onion’ was cīpe (a borrowing from Latin cēpa, source also of English chives and chipolata), but it also had ynne. This came from Latin ūniō, a word of uncertain origin but possibly identical with ūniō (a derivative of ūnus ‘one’) which denoted a ‘single large pearl’ (according to Julius Moderatus Columella, ūniō was a farmer’s term, and one can well imagine a proud onion-grower comparing his products with pearls).

An alternative explanation, also based on a derivation from ūnus, is that the word is an allusion to the ‘unity’ formed by the layers of the onion. Ynne had died out by the Middle English period, and onion represents a reacquisition of the word via Anglo-Norman union.

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onion (n.)
early 12c., from Anglo-French union, Old French oignon "onion" (formerly also oingnon), and directly from Latin unionem (nominative unio), colloquial rustic Roman for "a kind of onion," also "pearl" (via notion of a string of onions), literally "one, unity;" sense connection is the successive layers of an onion, in contrast with garlic or cloves.

Old English had ynne (in ynne-leac), from the same Latin source, which also produced Irish inniun, Welsh wynwyn and similar words in Germanic. In Dutch, the ending in -n was mistaken for a plural inflection and new singular ui formed. The usual Indo-European name is represented by Greek kromion, Irish crem, Welsh craf, Old English hramsa, Lithuanian kremuse.

The usual Latin word was cepa, a loan from an unknown language; it is the source of Old French cive, Old English cipe, and, via Late Latin diminutive cepulla, Italian cipolla, Spanish cebolla, Polish cebula. German Zwiebel also is from this source, but altered by folk etymology in Old High German (zwibolla) from words for "two" and "ball." Onion ring is attested from 1952.

Onion dome attested from 1956; onion grass from 1883; onion skin as a type of paper from 1892. Onions, the surname, is attested from mid-12c. (Ennian), from Old Welsh Enniaun, ultimately from Latin Annianus, which was associated with Welsh einion "anvil."

例文


1. Fry for about 4 minutes,until the onion has softened.
玉ねぎが柔らかくなるまで4分ほど焼きます。

2.Mix the meat with the onion 、carrot、and some seasoning.
肉と玉ねぎ、ニンジン、いくつかの調味料を混ぜる。

3.Add the onion and cook gently for about 5 minutes.
玉ねぎを加え、弱火で約5分煮る。

4.Peel the onion and cut it in half lengthwise.
玉ねぎの皮をむき、縦半分に切る。

5.When the oil is hot,add the sliced onion .
油が温まったら、切った玉ねぎを入れる。

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