abalone

abalone

See also: Abalone

English

WOTD – 30 December 2006

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Etymology

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Southern Ohlone aulunbor.
Spanish abulónbor.
English abalone

    From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/, /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/
    • (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈæbəlɒn/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Audio (Canada):(file)
    • Audio (General Australian):(file)

    Noun

    abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones)

    1. (Canada, US, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.][3]
      • 1909, John Reed Swanton (translator), edited by John Reed Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, The Poor Man who Caught Wonderful Things:
        After he had brought it close to the canoe, he looked down and saw that it was a great live abalone caught in the flesh. Its color shone out of the water. As it ascended it was so big that all the canoes seemed to come inside of it, and it shone in every one's face
    2. (Canada, US, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [mid 19th c.]

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    References

    1. ^ “abalone”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
    2. ^ “abalone”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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

    • IPA(key): /a.ba.lɔn/
    • Audio (France):(file)

    Noun

    abalone m (plural abalones)

    1. (cooking, uncommon) the abalone

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    Malay

    Etymology

    Borrowed 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

    • IPA(key): /ˌabaˈlone/ [ˌa.baˈlo.ne]
    • Rhymes: -one
    • Hyphenation: a‧ba‧lo‧ne

    Noun

    abalone (Jawi spelling ابالوني, plural abalone-abalone or abalone2)

    1. abalone (edible univalve mollusc)
      Synonyms: (Indonesia) kerang mata tujuh, (Indonesia) ngarun, (Indonesia) lapar kenyang

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