chalef

French

chalef à feuilles étroites – Elaeagnus angustifolia

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَاف (ḵilāf) (spoken in Egyptian Arabic something like /xaˈlæːf/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃa.lɛf/

Noun

chalef m (plural chalefs)

silverberry, oleaster (of the genus Elaeagnus)

Further reading

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

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