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ramsons

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

pungent Old World weedy plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wild garlic, wood garlic, Allium ursinum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: alliaceous plant

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: асасқьы́р (asaskjə́r) — Allium ursinum
  • Abkhaz: а́бнаџыш (ábnadẑəŝ) — Allium ursinum
  • Ainu: プクサ (pukusa) — Allium ursinum
  • Albanian: lerth — Allium ursinum
  • Albanian: hudhër e egër — Allium ursinum
  • Southern Altai: калма (kalma) — Allium ursinum
  • Armenian: արջասխտոր (arǰasxtor) — Allium ursinum
  • Armenian: սոխ արջի (sox arǰi) — Allium ursinum
  • Armenian: ղանձիլ (ġanjil) — Allium ursinum
  • Armenian: խալիար (xaliar) — Allium ursinum
  • Azerbaijani: ayı soğanı — Allium ursinum
  • Azerbaijani: xalyar — Allium ursinum
  • Basque: hartz-baratxuri — Allium ursinum
  • Belarusian: чарамша́ (čaramšá) — Allium ursinum
  • Belarusian: цыбу́ля мядзве́джая (cybúlja mjadzvjédžaja) — Allium ursinum
  • Belarusian: мядзве́джая цыбу́ля (mjadzvjédžaja cybúlja) — Allium ursinum
  • Bulgarian: ле́вурда (lévurda) — Allium ursinum
  • Bulgarian: леву́рда (levúrda) — Allium ursinum
  • Bulgarian: див че́сън (div čésǎn) — Allium ursinum
  • Catalan: all bord — Allium ursinum
  • Catalan: all d'os — Allium ursinum
  • Catalan: all de bruixa — Allium ursinum
  • Chechen: хьонк (ḥronk) — Allium ursinum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熊蔥 /熊葱 (xióngcōng) — Allium ursinum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 野韭菜 (yějiǔcài) — Allium ursinum
  • Chuvash: ыхрути (yhrut̬i) — Allium ursinum
  • Chuvash: ыхра ути (yhra ut̬i) — Allium ursinum
  • Czech: česnek medvědí — Allium ursinum
  • Danish: ramsløg — Allium ursinum
  • Dutch: daslook — Allium ursinum
  • Estonian: karulauk — Allium ursinum
  • Finnish: karhunlaukka — Allium ursinum
  • French: ail des ours — Allium ursinum
  • Georgian: ღანძილი (ɣanʒili) — Allium ursinum
  • German: Bärlauch — Allium ursinum
  • German: Rams — Allium ursinum
  • Hungarian: medvehagyma — Allium ursinum
  • Icelandic: bjarnarlaukur — Allium ursinum
  • Irish: creamh — Allium ursinum
  • Italian: aglio orsino — Allium ursinum
  • Karachay-Balkar: къалияр (qaliyar) — Allium ursinum
  • Komi-Zyrian: комидз (komidź) — Allium ursinum
  • Macedonian: див лук (div luk) — Allium ursinum
  • Macedonian: мечкин лук (mečkin luk) — Allium ursinum
  • Macedonian: сремуш (sremuš) — Allium ursinum
  • Eastern Mari: кырашудо (kyrašudo) — Allium ursinum
  • Eastern Mari: юа (jua) — Allium ursinum
  • Mazanderani: الیما (alimâ) — Allium ursinum
  • Middle English: ramson — Allium ursinum
  • Middle English: ramese — Allium ursinum
  • Middle English: affodill — Allium ursinum
  • Mingrelian: ჯიშკილა (ǯišḳila) — Allium ursinum
  • Nanai: судули (suduli) — Allium ursinum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ramsløk — Allium ursinum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rams — Allium ursinum
  • Ossetian: скъуда (sk’uda) — Allium ursinum
  • Ossetian: давон (davon) — Allium ursinum
  • Persian: سرموک (sermuk) — Allium ursinum
  • Persian: والک (vâlak) — Allium ursinum
  • Polish: czosnek niedźwiedzi — Allium ursinum
  • Polish: trzemucha — Allium ursinum
  • Portuguese: alho selvagem — Allium ursinum
  • Portuguese: alho-dos-ursos — Allium ursinum
  • Romanian: leurdă — Allium ursinum
  • Russian: черемша́ (čeremšá) — Allium ursinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: сре̑муш — Allium ursinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: сри̏јемуш — Allium ursinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: srȇmuš — Allium ursinum
  • Serbo-Croatian: srȉjemuš — Allium ursinum
  • Slovak: cesnak medvedí — Allium ursinum
  • Slovak: medvedí cesnak — Allium ursinum
  • Slovene: čémaž — Allium ursinum
  • Lower Sorbian: źiwy kobołk — Allium ursinum
  • Spanish: ajo de oso — Allium ursinum
  • Svan: შიშგილ (šišgil) — Allium ursinum
  • Swedish: ramslök — Allium ursinum
  • Turkish: ayı sarımsağı — Allium ursinum
  • Tuvan: хылба (xılba) — Allium ursinum
  • Udi: гъандзил (ɣanʒil) — Allium ursinum
  • Udmurt: кумызь (kumyź) — Allium ursinum
  • Ukrainian: ле́вурда (lévurda) — Allium ursinum
  • Ukrainian: черемша́ (čeremšá) — Allium ursinum
  • Welsh: garlleg yr arth — Allium ursinum
  • Welsh: craf — Allium ursinum