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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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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intj
Meaning 1
A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Meaning relationships
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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