Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.
Any vegetable of certain species in the onion family.
Any small onion.
(Australia) A scallion.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃælət/
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.