שאַלאָט

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from French échalote. Compare German Schalotte. Difference in grammatical gender likely due to Russian and Ukrainian шало́т m (šalót).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈɫɔt/

Noun

שאַלאָט • (shalot) m, plural שאַלאָטן (shalotn)

1. shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)

See also

• ציבעלע (tsibele)

References

Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “שאַלאָט”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press