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shallot

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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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Antonyms: none provided

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: onion, onion plant, Allium cepa

7

noun

Meaning 7

aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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
  • Tamil: உள்ளி (uḷḷi) — any small onion
  • Tamil: ஈருள்ளி (īruḷḷi) — any small onion
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