Meanings
plural abalones · alternative obsolete avalone
- AustraliaCanadaHong KongSingaporeUSuncountableusuallyAn edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.First known use mid 19th c.
After he had brought it close to the canoe, he looked down and saw that it was a great live abalone caught in the flesh. Its color shone out of the water. As it ascended it was so big that all the canoes seemed to come inside of it, and it shone in every one's face
1909, John Reed Swanton (translator), edited by John Reed Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, The Poor Man who Caught Wonderful Things - AustraliaCanadaHong KongSingaporeUSuncountableusuallyThe meat of the aforementioned mollusc.First known use mid 19th c.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- cssaūlun“red abalone”
- Spanishabulón
- Englishabalone
From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans perlemoen
- perlemoenedible univalve mollusc
Arabic أُذُن اَلْبَحْر
- أُذُن اَلْبَحْر (ʔuḏun al-baḥr)edible univalve mollusc
Catalan orella de mar
- orella de maredible univalve mollusc
Chinese Cantonese 鮑魚 /鲍鱼
- 鮑魚 /鲍鱼 (baau¹ jyu⁴)edible univalve mollusc
Chinese Mandarin 鮑魚 /鲍鱼, 石決明 /石决明
- 鮑魚 /鲍鱼 (bàoyú)edible univalve mollusc
- 石決明 /石决明 (shíjuémíng)edible univalve mollusc
- 鰒魚 /鳆鱼 (fùyú)edible univalve mollusc
Czech ušeň
- ušeňedible univalve mollusc
Dutch zeeoor, abalone
- zeeooredible univalve mollusc
- abaloneedible univalve mollusc
Esperanto halioto
- haliotoedible univalve mollusc
Finnish merikorva, abaloni
- merikorvaedible univalve mollusc
- abaloniedible univalve mollusc
French ormeau, haliotide
- ormeauedible univalve mollusc
- haliotideedible univalve mollusc
German Abalone, Meerohr
- Abaloneedible univalve mollusc
- Meerohredible univalve mollusc
- Seeohredible univalve mollusc
Greek αυτί της θάλασσας
- αυτί της θάλασσας (aftí tis thálassas)edible univalve mollusc
Hindi कर्णशुक्ति
- कर्णशुक्ति (karṇaśukti)edible univalve mollusc
Icelandic sæeyra
- sæeyraedible univalve mollusc
Indonesian mata tujuh, kerang mata tujuh
- mata tujuhedible univalve mollusc
- kerang mata tujuhedible univalve mollusc
- abaloneedible univalve mollusc
Irish cluas mhara
- cluas mharaedible univalve mollusc
Italian abalone, orecchia di mare
- abaloneedible univalve mollusc
- orecchia di mareedible univalve mollusc
Japanese 鮑, アワビ
- 鮑 (awabi)edible univalve mollusc
- アワビ (awabi)edible univalve mollusc
Korean 전복
- 전복 (jeonbok)edible univalve mollusc
Malay ابالوني, abalone
- ابالونيedible univalve mollusc
- abaloneedible univalve mollusc
Māori pāua, marapeka
- pāuaedible univalve mollusc
- marapekaedible univalve mollusc
Persian گوش دریا
- گوش دریا (guš daryâ)edible univalve mollusc
Polish słuchotka, ucho morskie
- słuchotkaedible univalve mollusc
- ucho morskieedible univalve mollusc
Portuguese haliote, abalone
- halioteedible univalve mollusc
- abaloneedible univalve mollusc
Russian абало́н, галио́тис
- абало́н (abalón)edible univalve mollusc
- галио́тис (galiótis)edible univalve mollusc
- морско́е у́шко (morskóje úško)edible univalve mollusc
Scottish Gaelic cluas-mhara
- cluas-mharaedible univalve mollusc
Spanish oreja de mar, abulón
- oreja de maredible univalve mollusc
- abulónedible univalve mollusc
- locoedible univalve mollusc
Swedish havsöra, abalone
- havsöraedible univalve mollusc
- abaloneedible univalve mollusc
- öronsnäckaedible univalve mollusc
Tagalog kabibing-tainga
- kabibing-taingaedible univalve mollusc
Thai หอยเป๋าฮื้อ
- หอยเป๋าฮื้อ (hɔ̌i-bpǎo-hʉ́ʉ)edible univalve mollusc
Turkish denizkulağı
- denizkulağıedible univalve mollusc
Vietnamese bào ngư
- bào ngưedible univalve mollusc
Welsh clust fôr
- clust fôredible univalve mollusc
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with abalone
Cite this entry
abalone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abalone
“abalone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abalone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abalone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abalone.
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