abalone

== English == === Alternative forms === avalone (obsolete) === Etymology === From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/ (General American) IPA(key): /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/, /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/ (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈæbəlɒn/ === Noun === abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones) (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.] (Canada, US, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [mid 19th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== (UK) ear shell, (Guernsey) ormer, (New Zealand) paua, pawa, (South Africa) perlemoen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === paua === References === === Further reading === Abalone in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) Abalone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “abalone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English abalone, borrowed in the mid-20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ba.lɔn/ === Noun === abalone m (plural abalones) (cooking, uncommon) the abalone ==== Synonyms ==== (more usual terms for "abalone"): ormeau, haliotis, haliotide, oreille de mer === Further reading === “abalone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == 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) abalone (edible univalve mollusc) Synonyms: (Indonesia) kerang mata tujuh, (Indonesia) ngarun, (Indonesia) lapar kenyang === Further reading === "abalone" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017