abalone

• avalone (obsolete)

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/, /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/

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abalone (usually uncountable, plural abalones)

1. (Canada, US, Australia, Hong Kong) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.]^[3]
2. (Canada, US, Australia, Hong Kong) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [mid 19th c.]

• (UK) ear shell, (Guernsey) ormer, (New Zealand) paua, pawa, (South Africa) perlemoen

• paua

• Abalone in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Abalone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “abalone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.lɔn/

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abalone m (plural abalones)

1. (cooking, uncommon) the abalone

• (more usual terms for "abalone"): ormeau, haliotis, haliotide, oreille de mer

• “abalone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): /abaˈlone/ [a.baˈlo.ne]

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• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧lo‧ne

abalone (Jawi spelling ابالوني, plural abalone-abalone)

1. abalone (edible univalve mollusc)

• “abalone” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.