Eschalotte

  • 21Askalonzwiebel — Eschlauch; Edelzwiebel; Schalotte; Eschalotte …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 22Edelzwiebel — Eschlauch; Askalonzwiebel; Schalotte; Eschalotte …

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  • 23Schalotte — Eschlauch; Askalonzwiebel; Edelzwiebel; Eschalotte * * * Scha|lọt|te 〈f. 19〉 Lauchart mit kleinen, eiförmigen Brutzwiebeln, die zusammen mit den Röhrenblättern als Gemüse dienen: Allium ascalonicum [<frz. échalotte] * * * Scha|lọt|te, die; …

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  • 24shallot — [17] The shallot is etymologically the onion from ‘Ascalon’, an ancient port in southern Palestine. The Romans called it Ascalōnia caepa ‘Ascalonian onion’, or ascalōnia for short. In Vulgar Latin this became *escalonia, which passed into Old… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25shallot — (n.) 1664, from Fr. échalote, from M.Fr. eschalotte, from O.Fr. eschaloigne, from V.L. *escalonia (see SCALLION (Cf. scallion)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 26shallot — [ʃə lɒt] noun 1》 a small onion like bulb, used in cookery and pickling. 2》 the plant which produces shallots. [Allium ascalonicum.] Origin C17: shortening of eschalot, from Fr. eschalotte, alt. of OFr. eschaloigne (in Anglo Norman Fr. scaloun:… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27shallot — /ʃəˈlɒt / (say shuh lot) noun 1. → spring onion. 2. a plant of the lily family, Allium ascalonicum, whose bulb forms bulblets which are used for flavouring in cookery and as a vegetable. 3. the bulb or bulblet. Also, eschalot. {aphetic variant of …

  • 28shallot — ► NOUN ▪ the small bulb of a plant of the onion family, used in cookery and pickling. ORIGIN French eschalotte, alteration of Old French eschaloigne, scaloun scallion …

    English terms dictionary

  • 29shallot — [17] The shallot is etymologically the onion from ‘Ascalon’, an ancient port in southern Palestine. The Romans called it Ascalōnia caepa ‘Ascalonian onion’, or ascalōnia for short. In Vulgar Latin this became *escalonia, which passed into Old… …

    Word origins

  • 30shallot — [shə lät′, shal′ət] n. [obs. Fr eschalotte, altered < OFr eschaloigne: see SCALLION] 1. a small onion (Allium ascalonicum) whose clustered bulbs, like garlic but milder, are used for flavoring 2. GREEN ONION …

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