English Explanatory Dictionary

shallot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.
  2. Allium ascalonicum.
  3. Allium oschaninii.
  4. Any small onion.
  5. A scallion.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃælət/ /ʃəˈlɑt/ /ʃəˈlɒt/ en-us-shallot.ogg

Word forms

shallot shallots

Etymology

Borrowed from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, alteration of Old French eschaloigne, from Medieval Latin escalonia, from Latin ascalonia (cēpa) (“onion of Ashkelon”). Doublet of scallion.

Related words

chive scallion spring onion

Derived words

banana shallot Persian shallot

Translations

Arabic: كراث أندلسي Asturian: chalota Basque: tipulatx Basque: exalota Catalan: escalunya Chinese Mandarin: 火蔥 /火葱 Corsican: scalonia Czech: šalotka Danish: skalotteløg Dutch: eslook Dutch: sjalot East Frisian Low German: sklöet Esperanto: ŝaloto Esperanto: askalono Fijian: varasa Finnish: salottisipuli French: échalote North Frisian: skalot (Karrharde) North Frisian: Skalot North Frisian: schalot (Langenhorn) North Frisian: schalut (Ockholm) Saterland Frisian: Skelotte Saterland Frisian: Sklotte West-Frisian: selot West-Frisian: sjelot Galician: chalota Georgian: ხახვი German: Schalotte Greek: ασκαλώνιο Hindi: छोटे प्याज़ Hungarian: mogyoróhagyma Icelandic: skalottlaukur Icelandic: sjalottulaukur Icelandic: skalotlaukur Icelandic: sandlaukur Ido: shaloto Indonesian: bawang merah Irish: seallóid Italian: scalogno Japanese: エシャロット Kazakh: шалот Kazakh: шалот пиязы Khmer: ខ្ទឹមក្រហម Korean: 셜롯 Northern Kurdish: pîvazterk Latvian: šalote Latvian: Askalonijas sīpols Macedonian: шало́т Macedonian: кромитче Malay: bawang merah Malayalam: ചുവന്നുള്ളി Malayalam: ഉള്ളി Middle English: scaloun Norman: châlote Norwegian: sjalottløk
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