Double scallop curtains are commonly seen in old theaters.
Source: tatoeba (8851170)
Scallop
//ˈskɑləp//
Synonyms for "scallop" (160 found)
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Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
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Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesderived
9 entriesis a
4 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 45 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- fiston noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- fiston deti noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Arabic
1 entries- إِسْكَالُوب noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Belarusian
1 entries- грабе́ньчык noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кръгла мида noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- фестон noun (curve on an edge)
Catalan
2 entries- petxina noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- escollar verb (To cut in the shape of a crescent)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 帶子 /带子 noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 扇貝 /扇贝 noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Cornish
2 entries- krogen Sen Jamys noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- krogen brierin noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Dutch
1 entries- sint-jakobsschelp noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Esperanto
1 entries- pekteno noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Finnish
1 entries- kampasimpukka noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
French
4 entries- coquille Saint-Jacques noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- pétoncle noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- échancrure noun (curve on an edge)
- échancrer verb (To cut in the shape of a crescent)
Galician
1 entries- vieira noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
German
2 entries- Jakobsmuschel noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- Pilgermuschel noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Greek
1 entries- χτένι noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Hungarian
3 entries- Szent Jakab-kagyló noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- fésűkagyló noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- jakabkagyló noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Icelandic
2 entries- hörpudiskur noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- hörpuskel noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Ido
1 entries- petonklo noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Indonesian
2 entries- kapis noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- pinggir lengkung noun (curve on an edge)
Irish
2 entries- muirín noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- scolb noun (curve on an edge)
Italian
1 entries- capasanta noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Japanese
2 entries- 帆立 noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- 帆立貝 noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Korean
1 entries- 가리비 noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Latin
2 entries- pecten noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- striāta noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Malay
1 entries- kapis noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Manx
1 entries- roagan noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Mi'kmaq
2 entries- saqsgale's noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- sasqale's noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Māori
3 entries- tipa noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- tupa noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- tupa noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolghasígíí noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Norman
1 entries- scalope noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- musling noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- skjell noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- musling noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طراق noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- فیستو noun (curve on an edge)
Polish
1 entries- przegrzebek noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Portuguese
1 entries- vieira noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Russian
1 entries- гребешо́к noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- creachann noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- Jakobova kapica noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Spanish
4 entries- callo de hacha noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- concha de peregrino noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- venera noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- vieira noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Swedish
2 entries- mussla noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- pilgrimsmussla noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Thai
1 entries- หอยเชลล์ noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Turkish
2 entries- deniz tarağı noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- fisto noun (curve on an edge)
Vietnamese
1 entries- điệp noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Welsh
2 entries- cragen fylchog noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- sgolop noun (curve on an edge)
Zazaki
3 entries- salok noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- salok noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
- salsalok noun (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Shrimp and scallop pasta tastes so good.
Source: tatoeba (8851172)
The ray population exploded, and the scallop fisheries were decimated.
Source: tatoeba (11077602)
The octopus was using a discarded scallop shell as shelter.
Source: tatoeba (11077609)
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