abalone
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
(obsolete) avalone
Etymology [edit]
From American Spanish abulón, from Spanish aulone, either from Rumsen (Southern Ohlone) aūlun (“red abalone”)[1][2] or from Shoshone aūlun (“red abalone”).[3]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
abalone (usually uncountable; plural abalones)
- (US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [Mid 19th century.][3]
- (US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [Mid 19th century.][3]
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
edible univalve mollusc
See also [edit]
- paua n
References [edit]
- ^ “abalone” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- ^ “abalone” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 2:
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English, borrowed in the mid-20th century.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /abalɔn/
Noun [edit]
abalone m (plural abalones)
- (cooking, uncommon) The abalone.
Synonyms [edit]
- (more usual terms for "abalone"): ormeau, haliotis, haliotide, oreille de mer
Malay [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English abalone, from American Spanish abulón, from Spanish aulone, either from Rumsen (Southern Ohlone) aūlun (“red abalone”) or from Shoshone aūlun (“red abalone”).
Alternative forms [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
abalone (Jawi spelling ابالوني, plural abalone-abalone)
- abalone (edible univalve mollusc)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Southern Ohlone
- English terms derived from Shoshone
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- American English
- Australian English
- en:Mollusks
- French terms derived from English
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Cooking
- French rare forms
- fr:Mollusks
- Malay terms derived from English
- Malay terms derived from Spanish
- Malay terms derived from Southern Ohlone
- Malay terms derived from Shoshone
- Malay nouns
- ms:Mollusks