Phrase guide

French onion soup

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A soup made with onions and beef broth or beef stock, traditionally served with croutons and cheese as toppings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

As with french fries, it is notional rather than literal that such a dish is exclusively or distinctively French, but this subset of onion soup styles does involve French influence; details are at Wikipedia.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَسَاء بَصَل فَرَنْسِيّ (ḥasāʔ baṣal faransiyy) — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Catalan: sopa de ceba — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法式洋蔥湯 /法式洋葱汤 (Fǎshì yángcōngtāng) — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Czech: francouzská cibulačka — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Danish: fransk løgsuppe — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Dutch: Franse uiensoep — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Finnish: ranskalainen sipulikeitto — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • French: soupe à l'oignon — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • German: französische Zwiebelsuppe — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • German: Pariser Zwiebelsuppe — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Hungarian: francia hagymaleves — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Icelandic: frönsk lauksúpa — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Italian: zuppa di cipolle — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Japanese: オニオングラタンスープ (onion guratan sūpu) — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Japanese: オニオングラタン — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fransk løksuppe — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Polish: cebulowa — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Polish: francuska zupa cebulowa — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Portuguese: sopa de cebola gratinada — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Russian: францу́зский лу́ковый суп (francúzskij lúkovyj sup) — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Spanish: sopa de cebolla — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese
  • Swedish: fransk löksoppa — soup made with onions and beef stock, served with croutons and cheese