ramsons

ramsons

English

Etymology

From Middle English ramsons, ramsens, rampsons, ramesones, ramsouns, plural of Middle English ramson, ramsen (“wild garlic”), reinterpreted as a singular form, from Old English hramsan, nominative plural of Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion; leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kremus-, *kermus- (“wild garlic; onion”).

Noun

ramsons pl (normally plural, singular ramson)

1. A wild relative of chives, Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.

Synonyms

• (wild garlic): buckrams, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear garlic, bear's garlic

Translations

Allium ursinum

Abkhaz: асасқьы́р (asaskʲə́r), а́бнаџыш (ábnadẑəŝ) Ainu: プクサ (pukusa) Albanian: lerth (sq) f, hudhër e egër f Armenian: արջասխտոր (hy) (arǰasxtor), սոխ արջի (sox arǰi), ղանձիլ (hy) (łanjil), խալիար (hy) (xaliar) Azerbaijani: ayı soğanı, xalyar Basque: hartz-baratxuri Belarusian: чарамша́ f (čaramšá), цыбу́ля мядзве́джая f (cybúlja mjadzvjédžaja), мядзве́джая цыбу́ля f (mjadzvjédžaja cybúlja) Bulgarian: ле́вурда f (lévurda), леву́рда f (levúrda), див че́сън m (div čésǎn) Catalan: all bord m, all d'os m, all de bruixa m Czech: česnek medvědí (cs) m Danish: ramsløg c or n Dutch: daslook (nl) m Estonian: karulauk Finnish: karhunlaukka (fi) French: ail des ours (fr) m Georgian: ღანძილი (ɣanʒili) German: Bärlauch (de) m, Rams m (Bavarian) Hungarian: medvehagyma (hu) Irish: creamh m or f pl Italian: aglio orsino m Karachay-Balkar: къалияр (qaliyar) Macedonian: див лук m (div luk), мечкин лук m (mečkin luk), сремуш m (sremuš) Middle English: ramson, ramese, affodill Mingrelian: ჯიშკილა (ǯišḳila) Norwegian: Bokmål: ramsløk (no) m, rams m (dialectal) Ossetian: скъуда (sk’uda), давон (davon) Polish: czosnek niedźwiedzi (pl) m, trzemucha f (archaic) Portuguese: alho selvagem m, alho-dos-ursos m Romanian: leurdă (ro) f Russian: черемша́ (ru) f (čeremšá) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сре̑муш m, сри̏јемуш m Latin: srȇmuš m, srȉjemuš m Slovak: cesnak medvedí (sk) m, medvedí cesnak m Slovene: čémaž m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: źiwy kobołk m Southern Altai: калма (kalma) Spanish: ajo de oso m Svan: შიშგილ (šišgil) Swedish: ramslök c Udi: гъандзил (ɣanʒil) Ukrainian: ле́вурда (uk) f (lévurda), черемша́ f (čeremšá) Welsh: garlleg yr arth, craf m pl

Further reading

• Allium ursinum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allium ursinum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Allium ursinum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ramsons at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• Ransoms, Rosmans, Rossman, ransoms, sarmons

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Middle English

Noun

ramsons

1. plural of ramson