noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈʃælət/
General-American:/ʃəˈlɑt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ʃəˈlɒt/
rhymes with -ælət
rhymes with -ɒt
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.
Allium ascalonicum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.
Allium oschaninii.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Any small onion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A scallion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Qualifier: New Orleans
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5
noun
Meaning 5
small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: onion
6
noun
Meaning 6
type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bulb
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
كراث أندلسي
(kurrāṯ ʔandalusiyy)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Asturian:
chalota
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Basque:
tipulatx
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Basque:
exalota
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Catalan:
escalunya
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Chinese Mandarin:
火蔥 /火葱
(huǒcōng)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Corsican:
scalonia
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Czech:
šalotka
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Danish:
skalotteløg
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Dutch:
eslook
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Dutch:
sjalot
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
East Frisian Low German:
sklöet
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Esperanto:
ŝaloto
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Esperanto:
askalono
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Fijian:
varasa
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Finnish:
salottisipuli
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
French:
échalote
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
North Frisian:
skalot (Karrharde)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
North Frisian:
Skalot
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
North Frisian:
schalot (Langenhorn)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
North Frisian:
schalut (Ockholm)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Saterland Frisian:
Skelotte
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Saterland Frisian:
Sklotte
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
West-Frisian:
selot
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
West-Frisian:
sjelot
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Galician:
chalota
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Georgian:
ხახვი
(xaxvi)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
German:
Schalotte
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Greek:
ασκαλώνιο
(askalónio)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Hindi:
छोटे प्याज़
(choṭe pyāz)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Hungarian:
mogyoróhagyma
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Icelandic:
skalottlaukur
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Icelandic:
sjalottulaukur
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Icelandic:
skalotlaukur
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Icelandic:
sandlaukur
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Ido:
shaloto
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Indonesian:
bawang merah
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Irish:
seallóid
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Italian:
scalogno
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Japanese:
エシャロット
(esharotto)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Kazakh:
шалот
(şalot)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Kazakh:
шалот пиязы
(şalot piäzy)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Khmer:
ខ្ទឹមក្រហម
(khtœ̆mkrâhâm)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Korean:
셜롯
(syeollot)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Northern Kurdish:
pîvazterk
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Latvian:
šalote
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Latvian:
Askalonijas sīpols
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Macedonian:
шало́т
(šalót)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Macedonian:
кромитче
(kromitče)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Malay:
bawang merah
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Malayalam:
ചുവന്നുള്ളി
(cuvannuḷḷi)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Malayalam:
ഉള്ളി
(uḷḷi)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Middle English:
scaloun
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Norman:
châlote
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Norwegian:
sjalottløk
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Norwegian Bokmål:
sjalottløk
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Norwegian Nynorsk:
sjalottlauk
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Occitan:
escalonha
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Polish:
szalotka
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Portuguese:
chalota
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Romanian:
hașmă
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Romanian:
șalotă
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Russian:
шало́т
(šalót)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Russian:
лу́к-шало́т
(lúk-šalót)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Serbo-Croatian:
ljutika
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Sicilian:
scalognu
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Slovak:
šalotka
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Slovene:
šalotka
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Spanish:
chalota
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Spanish:
chalote
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Spanish:
ajo chalote
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Spanish:
cebolla escalonia
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Swedish:
schalottenlök
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Tamil:
சின்னவெங்காயம்
(ciṉṉaveṅkāyam)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Thai:
หอมแดง
(hɔ̌ɔm-dɛɛng)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Turkish:
arpacık soğanı
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Turkish:
kıska
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Ukrainian:
кущі́вка
(kuščívka)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Ukrainian:
шало́т
(šalót)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Welsh:
shibwns
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Welsh:
sialots
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Yiddish:
שאַלאָט
(shalot)
— vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
Finnish:
pikkusipuli
— any small onion
Galician:
ceboliña
— any small onion
Malayalam:
ഉള്ളി
(uḷḷi)
— any small onion
Sicilian:
cipuḍḍuzza
— any small onion
Tamil:
சின்னவெங்காயம்
(ciṉṉaveṅkāyam)
— any small onion