red-skinned onion

2.4

A vegetable with red outer skin that people eat raw or cooked

noun

: cebolla morada

The recipe calls for one finely chopped red-skinned onion and two cloves of garlic.

Examples

She prefers to use red-skinned onion in her salads for extra color and flavor.
I bought a red-skinned onion for the salad.
At the market, the red-skinned onion stood out among the yellow and white varieties.
The red-skinned onions add a nice color to dishes.
She prefers to use red-skinned onion in her salads for extra color and flavor.
The recipe calls for one finely chopped red-skinned onion and two cloves of garlic.
At the market, the red-skinned onion stood out among the yellow and white varieties.

Synonyms

onion

vsred-skinned onion

393 1.0

A round vegetable with layers and a strong taste used in cooking

is a specific variety with white to deep red outer skin and salad use

red onion

vsred-skinned onion

10 1.0

An onion with red skin and a mild sweet taste used raw in salads

has white to deep red outer skin and is common in salads and cooking

purple onion

vsred-skinned onion

2.0

A round vegetable with purple skin and a mild, slightly sweet taste often eaten raw in salads or on burgers

is used broadly in salads and cooking, not only as a garnish

Surface Forms

red-skinned onion singular

red-skinned onions plural

Morphology

red-skinned + onion

This is a straightforward compositional adjective+noun: 'red-skinned' means 'having red skin' and combined with 'onion' yields 'an onion with a red outer skin.' The colour+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows 'red', 'skin/skinned', and 'onion' can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Red-skinned onion is a simple name that comes from the onion's outer color. It describes an onion with a red skin, and the word skinned here just means 'with a skin'. Picturing the red outer layer helps you remember it refers to this kind of onion often used in salads and cooking.