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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin cepulla, from Latin cepa.
Pronunciation
Noun
cibule f (relational adjective cibulový, diminutive cibulka)
- onion (Allium cepa)
- (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root)
- (colloquial, in the plural) turnip (old-fashioned pocket watch)
Declension
Declension of cibule (soft feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cibule”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cibule”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “cibule” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “cibule”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)