Plural of onion
regular plural
The plural of onion is onions.
Forms of onion
| Singular | onion /ˈʌnjən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | onions /ˈʌn.jənz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Onions in a sentence
- My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.
- Among the ancient Greeks, onions are most frequently mentioned as a stimulus to sexual desire.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 158
- Heat some oil in a cast-iron skillet and add the onions.From the entry skillet
- I jazzed up a supermarket pizza with olives and fried onions.From the entry jazz up
- The onions are diced, whereas the carrots are sliced on the bias.From the entry diced
Meaning of onion
- noun A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- noun The bulb of such a plant.
- noun Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
Questions about the plural of onion
- What is the plural of onion?
- The plural of onion is onions.
- Is onion countable?
- Onion is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: onion (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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