abalone

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English

WOTD – 30 December 2006

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Etymology

From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)

pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata)

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Noun

abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones)

  1. (Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
  2. (Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.

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References

  1. ^ “abalone”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ “abalone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abalone”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English abalone, borrowed in the mid-20th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

abalone m (plural abalones)

  1. (cooking, uncommon) the abalone

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Malay

Etymology

From English abalone, from American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen (Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

abalone (Jawi spelling ابالوني, plural abalone-abalone)

  1. abalone (edible univalve mollusc)
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