chive

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
2. (attributive, in-plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
3. (Trinidad-and-Tobago, dialectal) The spring onion; the green onion; the scallion.

Verb

1. To stab.
2. To cut.

Sinonieme

schnittlaugh

cive

chives

Allium schoenoprasum

knife

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chive garlic

salad onion

shallot

spring onion

Welsh onion

bulb of garlic

Vertalings

bieslook

ciboulette

Schnittlauch

cebollino

erba cipollina

cipolletta

cipollina

cebolleta

cive

cebola-de-todo-o-ano

cebolinho

cebolinha

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/t͡ʃaɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: cyve

Geërf van Middle English: chive

Geërf van Old English: ċīþ

In summary

From Middle English chive~cyve, from Old French chive~cive, from Latin cēpa (“onion”).