shallow

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃæləʊ/
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• General-American: /ˈʃæloʊ/
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• Scotland: /ˈʃalo/
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• Wales: /ˈʃalou/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -æləʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English schalowe (“not deep, shallow”); apparently related to Middle English schalde, schold, scheld, schealde (“shallow”), from Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from Proto-Germanic *skal-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh1- (“to parch, dry out”). Related to Low German Scholl (“shallow water”). See also shoal.

291 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: cekët — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Southern Altai: сай (say) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Southern Altai: тайыс (tayïs) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Arabic: ضَحِل (ḍaḥil) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Armenian: ծանծաղ (cancaġ) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Azerbaijani: yastı — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Azerbaijani: dayaz — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Bashkir: һай (hay) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Basque: azaleko — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Belarusian: ме́лкі (mjélki) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Belarusian: неглыбо́кі (njehlybóki) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Central Bikol: hababaw — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Bulgarian: пли́тък (plítǎk) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Catalan: pla — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Catalan: poc profund — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Catalan: superficial — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Cebuano: mabaw — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Chinese Mandarin: 淺 /浅 (qiǎn) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Chuvash: вак (vak) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Cornish: bas — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Czech: mělký — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Danish: flad — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Danish: lav — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Dutch: ondiep — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Dutch: laag — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Esperanto: malprofunda — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Even: арбукун (arʙukun) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Evenki: арба (arba) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Finnish: matala — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Finnish: laakea — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Finnish: syvyydeltään kapea — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Finnish: syvyyssuunnassa kapea — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• French: peu profond — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• French: superficiel — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• French: improfond — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Galician: superficial — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Georgian: მარჩხობი (marčxobi) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Georgian: წყალმარჩხი (c̣q̇almarčxi) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• German: flach — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• German: seicht — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• German: untief — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Greek: ρηχός (richós) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Ancient Greek: βροχθώδης (brokhthṓdēs) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Hanunoo: ababaw — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Hindi: छिछला (chichlā) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Hindi: उथला (uthlā) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Hungarian: lapos — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Hungarian: sekély — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Ingrian: matala — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Interlingua: pauco profunde — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Irish: éadomhain — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Irish: tanaí — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Italian: superficiale — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Japanese: 浅い (asai) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Komi-Zyrian: ляпкыдін (ľapkydin) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Komi-Zyrian: лажмыдик (lažmyďik) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Korean: 얕다 (yatda) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Kumyk: сай (say) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Kyrgyz: тайыз (tayız) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Latgalian: seklys — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Latin: vadōsus — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Latvian: sekls — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Lithuanian: seklus — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Macedonian: плиток (plitok) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Manchu: ᠮᡳᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ (micihiyan) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: mevavew — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Mansaka: mababaw — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Manx: aaghowin — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Māori: kōranga — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Māori: kirimoko — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Māori: pāhakehake — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Māori: pākihikihi — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Māori: koraha — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Māori: pāpaku — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Maranao: mababaw — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Eastern Mari: куакш (kuakš) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Eastern Mari: таляка (taĺaka) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Eastern Mari: изи (izi) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Western Mari: коаш (koaš) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Nanai: харба (harba) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Norwegian Bokmål: flat — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Norwegian Bokmål: lav — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Norwegian Bokmål: låg grunn — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flat — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Norwegian Nynorsk: låg — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grunn — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Occitan: superficial — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Church Slavic: мѣлъкъ (mělŭkŭ) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Old English: undēop — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Persian: چاله (čāle) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Persian: تنک (tonok) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Persian: تخت (taxt) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Plautdietsch: flak — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Polish: płytki — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Polish: niegłęboki — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Polish: miałki — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Portuguese: raso — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Portuguese: superficial — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Quechua: ch'aqcha — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Romanian: plat — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Romanian: puțin adânc — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Russian: ме́лкий (mélkij) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Russian: неглубо́кий (neglubókij) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Scottish Gaelic: eu-domhainn — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Serbo-Croatian: пли́так — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Serbo-Croatian: plítak — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Slovak: plytký — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Slovene: plitev — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Spanish: no / poco / nada hondo / profundo — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Spanish: playo — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Spanish: somero — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Swedish: ytlig — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Tagalog: mababaw — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Thai: ตื้น (dtʉ̂ʉn) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Tocharian B: tparṣke — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Turkish: sığ — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Turkmen: ýasy — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Turkmen: tekiz — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Udmurt: куаси (kuaśi) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Udmurt: лазег (laźeg) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Ukrainian: мілки́й (milkýj) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Ukrainian: неглибо́кий (nehlybókyj) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Ukrainian: плитки́й (plytkýj) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Veps: madal — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Vietnamese: nông — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Vietnamese: cạn — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Welsh: bas — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Zazaki: qam (diq) — having little depth and significantly less deep than wide
• Armenian: ծանծաղ (cancaġ) — extending not far downward
• Bashkir: һай (hay) — extending not far downward
• Bulgarian: плитък (plitǎk) — extending not far downward
• Burmese: တိမ် (tim) — extending not far downward
• Catalan: superficial — extending not far downward
• Chinese Mandarin: 淺 /浅 (qiǎn) — extending not far downward
• Cornish: bas — extending not far downward
• Czech: mělký — extending not far downward
• Danish: lav — extending not far downward
• Danish: lavvandet — extending not far downward
• Danish: fladvandet — extending not far downward
• Danish: grund — extending not far downward
• Danish: grundet — extending not far downward
• Dutch: ondiep — extending not far downward
• Finnish: matala — extending not far downward
• French: peu profond — extending not far downward
• German: seicht — extending not far downward
• Greek: ρηχός (richós) — extending not far downward
• Hindi: सतही (sathī) — extending not far downward
• Hungarian: sekély — extending not far downward
• Indonesian: dangkal — extending not far downward
• Irish: éadomhain — extending not far downward
• Irish: tanaí — extending not far downward
• Italian: poco profondo — extending not far downward
• Latvian: sekls — extending not far downward
• Macedonian: плиток (plitok) — extending not far downward
• Manx: aaghowin — extending not far downward
• Māori: pāpaku — extending not far downward
• Māori: pakiranga — extending not far downward
• Māori: pākihikihi — extending not far downward
• Norwegian Bokmål: grunn — extending not far downward
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grunn — extending not far downward
• Plautdietsch: flak — extending not far downward
• Polish: płytki — extending not far downward
• Portuguese: superficial — extending not far downward
• Russian: ме́лкий (mélkij) — extending not far downward
• Scottish Gaelic: eu-domhainn — extending not far downward
• Spanish: no / poco / nada hondo / profundo — extending not far downward
• Spanish: playo — extending not far downward
• Spanish: somero — extending not far downward
• Swedish: ytlig — extending not far downward
• Swedish: grund — extending not far downward
• Thai: ตื้น (dtʉ̂ʉn) — extending not far downward
• Turkish: sığ — extending not far downward
• Ukrainian: мілки́й (milkýj) — extending not far downward
• Veps: madal — extending not far downward
• Welsh: bas — extending not far downward
• Zazaki: qam (diq) — extending not far downward
• Belarusian: паве́рхневы (pavjérxnjevy) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Belarusian: павярхо́ўны (pavjarxówny) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Bulgarian: повърхностен (povǎrhnosten) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Catalan: superficial — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Chinese Mandarin: 膚淺 /肤浅 (fūqiǎn) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Chinese Mandarin: 淺薄 /浅薄 (qiǎnbó) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Czech: povrchní — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Danish: overfladisk — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Dutch: oppervlakkig — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Esperanto: supraĵa — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Finnish: pinnallinen — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• French: superficiel — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Georgian: ზედაპირული (zedaṗiruli) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Georgian: წვრილმანი (c̣vrilmani) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• German: oberflächlich — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Greek: ρηχός (richós) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Hindi: सतही (sathī) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Hungarian: sekélyes — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Italian: superficiale — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Japanese: 浅い (asai) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Macedonian: површен (površen) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Māori: ngākau pāpaku — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Norwegian Bokmål: overfladisk — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Norwegian Bokmål: overflatisk — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Norwegian Nynorsk: overflatisk — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Old English: undēop — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Polish: miałki — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Polish: powierzchowny — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Portuguese: superficial — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Russian: пове́рхностный (povérxnostnyj) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Russian: ме́лкий (mélkij) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Scottish Gaelic: eu-domhainn — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Scottish Gaelic: faoin — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Spanish: somero — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Swedish: ytlig — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Thai: ตื้น (dtʉ̂ʉn) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Turkish: sığ — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Ukrainian: поверхне́вий (poverxnévyj) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Ukrainian: неглибо́кий (nehlybókyj) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Ukrainian: зо́внішній (zóvnišnij) — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Zazaki: çelqam — concerned mainly with superficial matters
• Catalan: superficial — lacking interest or substance
• Czech: povrchní — lacking interest or substance
• Danish: åndsforladt — lacking interest or substance
• Finnish: pinnallinen — lacking interest or substance
• French: superficiel — lacking interest or substance
• Georgian: ზედაპირული (zedaṗiruli) — lacking interest or substance
• German: oberflächlich — lacking interest or substance
• Greek: ρηχός (richós) — lacking interest or substance
• Hungarian: felszínes — lacking interest or substance
• Hungarian: felületes — lacking interest or substance
• Italian: superficiale — lacking interest or substance
• Macedonian: површен (površen) — lacking interest or substance
• Māori: ngākau pāpaku — lacking interest or substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: overfladisk — lacking interest or substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: overflatisk — lacking interest or substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: overflatisk — lacking interest or substance
• Portuguese: desinteressante — lacking interest or substance
• Russian: пове́рхностный (povérxnostnyj) — lacking interest or substance
• Scottish Gaelic: faoin — lacking interest or substance
• Scottish Gaelic: eu-domhainn — lacking interest or substance
• Spanish: somero — lacking interest or substance
• Swedish: ytlig — lacking interest or substance
• Ukrainian: поверхо́вий (poverxóvyj) — lacking interest or substance
• Ukrainian: неглибо́кий (nehlybókyj) — lacking interest or substance
• Ukrainian: побі́жний (pobížnyj) — lacking interest or substance
• Bulgarian: незадълбочен (nezadǎlbočen) — not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing
• Catalan: superficial — not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing
• Finnish: pinnallinen — not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing
• Māori: whakaaroiti — not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing
• Māori: mōhio ngutu — not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing
• Māori: ngākau pāpaku — not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing
• Spanish: somero — not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing
• Albanian: cekëtinë — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Northern Altai: тайыс чер (tayïs čer) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Southern Altai: тайыс (tayïs) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Southern Altai: сай (say) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Bulgarian: плитчина (plitčina) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Burmese: ရေတိမ် (retim) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 淺灘 /浅滩 (qiǎntān) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Czech: mělčina — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Dutch: ondiepte — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Esperanto: malprofundaĵo — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Finnish: matalikko — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Finnish: matala — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• French: haut-fond — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• French: baisse — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• French: bas-fond — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• German: Untiefe — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• German: Gelungg — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Ancient Greek: τέναγος (ténagos) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Hebrew: רְדֵדָה (rededah) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Hindi: छिछला (chichlā) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Hindi: उथला (uthlā) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Indonesian: dangkalan — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Italian: secca — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Japanese: 川瀬 (kawase) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Korean: 여울 (yeoul) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Kumyk: сай (say) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Kyrgyz: саяң (sayaŋ) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Latin: vadum — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Macedonian: плитак (plitak) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Māori: pāti — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Māori: mitimiti — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Polish: mielizna — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Portuguese: raso — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Portuguese: rasa — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Russian: мель (melʹ) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Russian: о́тмель (ótmelʹ) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Scottish Gaelic: tanalachd — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Spanish: bajo — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Spanish: bajofondo — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Swedish: grund — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Ukrainian: мілина́ (milyná) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water
• Zazaki: qam (diq) — shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water