ognon
French, noun/ɔ.ɲɔ̃/
ognon is spelled O-G-N-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 67,389th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ognon is a French masculine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of oignon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante à bulbe comestible, de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou des amaryllidacées…”.
What does ognon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of oignon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante à bulbe comestible, de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou des amaryllidacées (classification phylogénétique). 2. Bulbe de cette plante, utilisé comme légume ou condiment. 3. Bulbe de plante. 4. Anus.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ognon
- ognons plural
- oignon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ognon?
- /ɔ.ɲɔ̃/
- \ɔ.ɲɔ̃\
- \ɔ.njɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ognon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ognon in French?
ognon appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).