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shallot

UK/ʃəˈlɒt//ˈʃælət/

shallot noun: allium ascalonicum.

shallot: allium ascalonicum
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Noun

shallot (plural shallots)

  1. Allium ascalonicum.
  2. Allium oschaninii.
  3. Any small onion.
  4. (Australia, New Orleans) A scallion.

shallot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Assamese

shallot in Hindi

vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
छोटे प्याज़ choṭe pyāz

shallot in Tamil

vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
சின்னவெங்காயம் ciṉṉaveṅkāyam
any small onion
சின்னவெங்காயம் ciṉṉaveṅkāyam, உள்ளி uḷḷi, ஈருள்ளி īruḷḷi

shallot in Malayalam

vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii
ചുവന്നുള്ളി cuvannuḷḷi, ഉള്ളി uḷḷi
any small onion
ഉള്ളി uḷḷi

shallot in Assamese

shallot
পনৰু ponoru
More languagesFewer languages
shallot in Arabic
كراث أندلسي kurrāṯ ʔandalusiyy
shallot in Malay
bawang merah
shallot in Indonesian
bawang merah
shallot in Thai
หอมแดง hɔ̌ɔm-dɛɛng
shallot in Vietnamese
hành, hành tím, hành ta, hàng tía

Forms of shallot

pluralshallots

Origin of shallot

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.

Words formed from shallot

Words that rhyme with shallot

Questions about shallot

What does shallot mean?
Shallot means allium ascalonicum.
What is shallot in Hindi?
Shallot in Hindi is छोटे प्याज़ (choṭe pyāz). See Shallot meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is shallot?
Shallot is a noun.
How do you pronounce shallot?
Shallot is pronounced /ˈʃælət/ (US).
What is the plural of shallot?
The plural of shallot is shallots.

Words near shallot in the dictionary

  1. shallons
  2. shalloon
  3. shalloons
  4. shallop
  5. shallops
  6. shallot
  7. shallots
  8. shallow
  9. Shallow Bay
  10. shallow brooks are noisy
  11. shallow copies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shallot (page history and authors); পনৰু (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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