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scallion

[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables
scal-lion
IPA
[ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.

American usage

noun

Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.

American usage

noun

Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.

noun

A leek.

American usage

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: scaloun, scalun, *escalonia, Ascalonius, Ἀσκάλων, אַשְׁקְלוֹן

Usage

Inflected Forms

scallions (plural) scullion (alternative)

Phrases

scallion pancake spring onion

Frequently Paired Words

chive shallot spring onion

Synonyms

spring onion green onion leek allium porrum

Rhymes With

italian battalion stallion medallion mccallion gallion

Questions

How do you pronounce scallion?
The recorded pronunciation is [ˈskæ.lɪ.ən].
What does scallion mean?
A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
Where does scallion come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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