French onion soup

noun

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

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Meanings

nounFrench onion soup (countable and uncountable, plural French onion soups)

plural French onion soups

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

Origin

The soup was traditionally popular in France; details are at Wikipedia.

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Translations

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

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with French onion soup

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Cite this entry
APA

French onion soup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20onion%20soup

MLA

“French onion soup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20onion%20soup. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “French onion soup,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20onion%20soup.

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