cebola

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cebola, from Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa. Compare Portuguese cebola, Asturian and Spanish cebolla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θeˈbola/ [θeˈβ̞o.lɐ], (dialectal) /θɛˈbɔla/ [θɛˈβ̞ɔ.lɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θeˈbola/ [θeˈβ̞o.lɐ], (dialectal) /θɛˈbɔla/ [θɛˈβ̞ɔ.lɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /seˈbola/ [seˈβ̞o.lɐ], (dialectal) /sɛˈbɔla/ [sɛˈβ̞ɔ.lɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ola, -ɔla

Noun

cebola f (plural cebolas)

1. onion

Derived terms

• cebola das gaivotas
• cebola do mar
• ceboleiro
• ceboleta
• ceboliño
• cebolo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cebola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cebola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cebola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• çebola, cebolla

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cēpullam, diminutive of Latin cēpa. Cognate with Old Spanish cebolla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡seˈbo.la/
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: ce‧bo‧la

Noun

cebola f (plural cebolas)

1. onion
   • 1347, M. Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310):

     quinze restres de cebolas boas das que ouver en o dito casar de LXVIII cebolas a restre

     fifteen plaits of good onions, of the ones produced at that farm, each plait made with 68 onions

   • 1420, Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 131:

     Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se tome espeso como jngento

     for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, kneaded and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment

Descendants

• Fala: cebola
• Galician: cebola
• Portuguese: cebola (see there for further descendants)

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “cebola”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “@ebola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cebol+a”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

cebola

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cebola, from Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa. Compare Galician cebola, Asturian and Spanish cebolla.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈbo.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈbo.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈbo.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈbo.lɐ/ [sɨˈβo.lɐ]

• Audio (Portugal):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -olɐ
• Hyphenation: ce‧bo‧la

Noun

cebola f (plural cebolas)

1. onion (a monocotyledonous plant of the genus Allium allied to garlic, used as a vegetable and a spice)

Derived terms

• acebolar
• cebola-albarrã
• cebola-branca
• cebola-brava
• cebola-da-mata
• cebola-das-gaivotas
• cebola-do-mar
• cebolada
• cebolal
• cebolão
• cebolinha
• cebolo

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: sabóla
• Macanese: sabola
• → Kayapó: xibôrô
• → Malayalam: സവാള (savāḷa)
• → Wolof: soble