different between charlotte vs shallot

English

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English charlet, charlette (“dish made from eggs, meat, milk, etc.”), probably from Old French char laitée (“meat with milk”) (see French charlotte below); or borrowed from French charlotte.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????l?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????l?t/
• Hyphenation: char?lotte

Noun

charlotte (plural charlottes)

1. A dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit, and cream or custard.

Derived terms

• apple charlotte
• charlotte russe

Translations

References

French

Etymology

From Old French char laitée (“meat with milk”): char (“meat”) + laitée (“milk”); or from the female forename Charlotte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.l?t/

Noun

charlotte f (plural charlottes)

1. charlotte (dessert)
2. Charlotte hat, Charlotte bonnet, mob cap

References

Further reading

• “charlotte” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, alteration of Old French eschaloigne, from Medieval Latin escalonia, from Latin ascalonia (c?pa) (“onion of Ashkelon”). Doublet of scallion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??æl?t/, /???l?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???l?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

shallot (plural shallots)

1. A vegetable in the onion family.
   1. Allium ascalonium.
   2. Allium oschaninii.
   3. Any small onion.
   4. (Louisiana, Australia) A scallion

Translations

See also

• chive
• scallion
• spring onion

Further reading

• shallot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia