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-Germanic *hramusô (“onion; leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kremus-, *kermus- (“wild garlic; onion”).

Noun

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

• Ainu: プクサ (pukusa)
• Armenian: արջասխտոր (hy) (arǰasxtor), սոխ արջի (sox arǰi), ղանձիլ (hy) (ġanjil), խալիար (hy) (xaliar)
• 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)
• Czech: česnek medvědí m
• Danish: ramsløg c or n
• 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
• Macedonian: див лук m (div luk), мечкин лук m (mečkin luk), сремуш m (sremuš)
• Mingrelian: ჯიშკილა (ǯišḳila)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ramsløk (no) m

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• 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