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shallot

/ˈʃælət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
shal-lot
IPA
/ˈʃælət/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.

noun

Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.

noun

Any small onion.

noun

A scallion.

Australian usage

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: échalote, eschalote, eschaloigne, escalonia, ascalonia

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈʃælət/
  • British English: /ʃəˈlɒt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

shallots (plural)

Phrases

banana shallot Persian shallot spring onion

Frequently Paired Words

chive scallion spring onion

Synonyms

eschalot multiplier onion allium cepa aggregatum allium ascalonicum

Rhymes With

ballot palate not got lot a lot water lot shot hot not so hot cannot white-hot

Questions

How do you pronounce shallot?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃælət/.
What does shallot mean?
Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.
Where does shallot come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce shallot

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