shallot

English

Shallots (bulbs of Allium ascalonium)

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.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃælət/, /ʃəˈlɑt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈlɒt/
Rhymes: -ælət, -ɒt
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

shallot (plural shallots)

Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.
1. Allium ascalonium.
2. Allium oschaninii.
Any small onion.
(Louisiana, Australia) A scallion.

Translations

vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii

Arabic: كراث أندلسي‎ m (kurrāṯ ʾandalusiyy)
Asturian: chalota f
Basque: tipulatx, exalota
Catalan: escalunya (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火蔥／火葱 (huǒcōng)
Corsican: scalonia f
Czech: šalotka (cs) f
Danish: skalotteløg n
Dutch: eslook m, sjalot (nl) f
Esperanto: ŝaloto, askalono
Finnish: salottisipuli (fi)
French: échalote (fr) f
Galician: chalota (gl) f
Georgian: ხახვი (xaxvi)
German: Schalotte (de) f
Greek: ασκαλώνιο (el) n (askalónio)
Hindi: छोटे प्याज़ (choṭe pyāz)
Hungarian: mogyoróhagyma (hu)
Icelandic: skalottlaukur m, sjalottulaukur m, skalotlaukur m, sandlaukur m
Ido: shaloto (io)
Indonesian: bawang merah (id)
Irish: seallóid f
Italian: scalogno m
Japanese: エシャロット (esharotto)
Kazakh: шалот (şalot), шалот пиязы (şalot piäzy)
Khmer: ខ្ទឹមក្រហម (km) (khtœ̆mkrâhâm)
Korean: 셜롯 (syeollot)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pîvazterk (ku) f
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: šalote f, Askalonijas sīpols m
Macedonian: шало́т m (šalót), кромитче n (kromitče)
Malay: bawang merah (ms)
Malayalam: ചുവന്നുള്ളി (cuvannuḷḷi), ഉള്ളി (ml) (uḷḷi)
Middle English: scaloun
Norman: châlote f
Norwegian: sjalottløk m
Bokmål: sjalottløk m
Nynorsk: sjalottlauk m
Occitan: escalonha (oc) f
Polish: szalotka (pl) f
Portuguese: chalota f
Romanian: hașmă (ro) f, șalotă f
Russian: шало́т (ru) m (šalót), лу́к-шало́т (ru) m (lúk-šalót)
Slovene: šalotka f
Spanish: chalota f, chalote m, ajo chalote m, cebolla escalonia f
Swedish: schalottenlök (sv) c
Tamil: சின்ன வெங்காயம் (ciṉṉa veṅkāyam)
Thai: หอมแดง (hɔ̌ɔm-dɛɛng)
Ukrainian: кущі́вка f (kuščívka), шало́т m (šalót)
Welsh: shibwnsyn m, sialotsyn m

any small onion

Finnish: pikkusipuli
Galician: ceboliña (gl) f
Malayalam: ഉള്ളി (ml) (uḷḷi)

scallion — see scallion