chive C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships US /tʃaɪv/ UK /tʃaɪv/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a slender herb of the onion family used to flavor food She snipped fresh chive over the buttered baked potato. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a slender herb of the onion... herbscallion Word family Related forms cive Etymology AI details From Middle English cive, from Old French cive, from Latin cēpa ('onion'). cive Old French cēpa Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # chive **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tʃaɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /tʃaɪv/ ## Meanings 1. a slender herb of the onion family used to flavor food ## Examples - She snipped fresh chive over the buttered baked potato. ## Synonyms - herb - scallion ## Related Forms - cive ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cive - Root: cēpa ## Etymology From Middle English cive, from Old French cive, from Latin cēpa ('onion'). ## AI Etymology Chive is from Middle English cive, from Old French cive, from Latin cēpa ('onion'). Important recorded forms include cive (Old French) and cēpa (Latin). The current sense covers a slender herb of the onion family used to flavor food. The wider family includes related words such as cive. ## Topics - Family & Relationships markdown