oignon

The French love their onions. Oignons blancs (white onions), yellow oignons jaunes (or paille) and oignons rouges (red onions) are available year round. See here you want to cut them up like a French chef.

Most of the year (but rare in December—February) they also sell spring onions (scallions), which go under several names: cébettes, oignons nouveau, oignons verts, oignons de salades, oignons blancs or ciboules. Don’t confuse them with aillets.

Some special kinds of French onions

échalion, échalote: elongated yellow onions that look like a big shallot (échalote) only they aren’t; also known as a cuisse de poulet (‘chicken thigh’) as in Cuisse de poulet du Poitou.