different between abalone vs auriform

English

Alternative forms

• avalone (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æb.??l??.ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æb.??lo?.ni/

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. [from mid-19th century]
2. (Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. [from mid-19th century]

Synonyms

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

Translations

See also

• paua

References

• Abalone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• abalone at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.l?n/

Noun

abalone m (plural abalones)

1. (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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Malay

Alternative forms

• ????????

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [abalone]
• Rhymes: -ne, -e

Noun

abalone (Jawi spelling ???????, plural abalone-abalone)

1. abalone (edible univalve mollusc)

English

Etymology

Latin auris (“ear”) +? -form

Adjective

auriform (comparative more auriform, superlative most auriform)

1. Having the form of the human ear; ear-shaped.

   The gastropod mollusc abalone is auriform, and therefore also known as the ear shell.

Translations

References

• auriform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.