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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæmsənz/

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• Rhymes: -æmsənz

Noun

ramsons pl (normally plural, singular ramson)

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

Allium ursinum

• Abkhaz: асасқьы́р (asaskʲə́r), а́бнаџыш (ábnadẑəŝ)
• Ainu: プクサ (pukusa)
• Albanian: lerth (sq) f, hudhër e egër f
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: калма (kalma)

• Armenian: արջասխտոր (hy) (arǰasxtor), սոխ արջի (sox arǰi), ղանձիլ (hy) (ġanjil), 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 čésăn)
• Catalan: all bord m, all d'os m, all de bruixa m
• Chechen: хьонк (ḥʳonk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熊蔥 / 熊葱 (xióngcōng), 野韭菜 (yějiǔcài)

• Chuvash: ыхрути (yhrut̬i), ыхра ути (yhra ut̬i)
• 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)
• Icelandic: bjarnarlaukur (is) m
• Irish: creamh m
• Italian: aglio orsino m
• Karachay-Balkar: къалияр (qaliyar)
• Komi:

  Komi-Zyrian: комидз (komidź)

• Macedonian: див лук m (div luk), мечкин лук m (mečkin luk), сремуш m (sremuš)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: кырашудо (kyrašudo), юа (jua)

• Mazanderani: الیما (alimâ)
• Middle English: ramson, ramese, affodill
• Mingrelian: ჯიშკილა (ǯišḳila)
• Nanai: судули (suduli)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ramsløk (no) m, rams m (dialectal)

• Ossetian: скъуда (sk’uda), давон (davon)
• Persian: سرموک (sermuk), والک (fa) (vâlak)
• Polish: czosnek niedźwiedzi (pl) m inan, 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

• Spanish: ajo de oso m
• Svan: შიშგილ (šišgil)
• Swedish: ramslök (sv) c
• Turkish: ayı sarımsağı
• Tuvan: хылба (xılba)
• Udi: гъандзил (ɣanʒil)
• Udmurt: кумызь (kumyź)
• 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
• Category:Allium ursinum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ramsons at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• Ransoms, Rosmans, Rossman, ransoms, sarmons

Middle English

Noun

ramsons

1. plural of ramson