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Portuguese
Etymology
From cebola (“onion”) + -inha (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iɲɐ, (Brazil) -ĩɲɐ
- Hyphenation: ce‧bo‧li‧nha
Noun
cebolinha f (plural cebolinhas)
- diminutive of cebola
- Synonym: cebolazinha
- spring onion (Allium fistulosum)
- Synonyms: cebolinha-comum, cebolinha-verde
- chive (Allium schoenoprasum)
- Synonyms: cebolinha-galega, cebolinho
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cebolinha”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “cebolinha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “cebolinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “cebolinha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025