ciboule
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English
Noun
ciboule (plural ciboules)
- Alternative form of cibol
- 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
Inherited from Middle French ciboule, from Old French cibole, borrowed from Occitan cibola, itself from Late Latin cēpulla~caepulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa~caepa (“onion”), whence the inherited French cive (“chive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ciboule f (plural ciboules)
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Further reading
- “ciboule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.