FTR, it’s also called red in French.
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Melobol@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
It’s English. There are sane languages who knows to call them lilac-onion, lilac-cabbage. Tho your yellow ones… They get to be called red - because it is a good deep dark orange dye if you boil the outer layers. (For example for Easter Eggs).
0li0li@lemmy.world 5 days ago
SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 3 days ago
German chiming in as well, we call the onions “rote Zwiebeln” and red cabbage is Rotkohl.
Which language are you referring to? And what is the cultural importance of these vegetables in the area where it’s spoken?
Melobol@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
In Hungarian they are called: lilahagyma = lilac onion and lilakáposzta = lilac cabbage.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 5 days ago
In Dutch they are called “rode ui” literally red onion. It’s not just English. In Japanese and Hindi they are also called red onions.
kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
even in finnish it’s “punasipuli” (red onion)