Standard Lemma guide

shalom

intj · name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ʃɑːˈloʊm/
  • /ʃəˈləʊm/
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  • New-York-City: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: SH AH0 L OW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Hebrew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A unisex given name from Hebrew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Peace.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, uncountable

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To greet somebody with "shalom".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalóm).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَلُوم (šalōm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Armenian: շալոմ (šalom) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Belarusian: шало́м (šalóm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Bulgarian: шало́м (šalóm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙洛姆 (shāluòmǔ) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙龍 /沙龙 (shālóng) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Czech: šalóm — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Dutch: sjalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Finnish: šalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • French: shalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Georgian: შალომი (šalomi) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • German: Schalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • German: Shalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Greek: σαλόμ (salóm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (shalóm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Hindi: शालोम (śālom) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Hungarian: salom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Japanese: シャローム (sharōmu) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Japanese: シャーローム (shārōmu) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Korean: 샬롬 (syallom) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Ladino: shalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Ladino: shalóm — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Lithuanian: šalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Macedonian: шало́м (šalóm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Persian: شالوم (šâlom) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Polish: szalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Portuguese: shalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Romanian: șalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Romanian: шалом (șalom) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Russian: шало́м (šalóm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Serbo-Croatian: шалом — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Serbo-Croatian: šalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Slovak: šalóm — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Slovene: šalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Spanish: shalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Turkish: şalom — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Ukrainian: шало́м (šalóm) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
  • Yiddish: שלום (sholem) — transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
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