/ ʃəˈlɒt; NAmE -ˈlɑːt/ noun
a vegetable like a small onion with a very strong taste
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: shortening of eschalot , from French eschalotte , alteration of Old French eschaloigne (in Anglo-Norman French scaloun , based on Latin Ascalonia (caepa) (onion) of Ascalon , a port in ancient Palestine.).