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shalom en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /ʃɑːˈloʊm/
  • (New-York-City) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʃəˈləʊm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.

Meanings

  1. (Judaism) A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

Relateds

Shabbat shalom · brit shalom · shalom aleichem

Translations (38)

ka შალომი (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · tr şalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · pl szalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · ar شَلُوم (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · sh шалом (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · ja シャローム (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · lad shalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · el σαλόμ (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · sh šalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · ja シャーローム (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · ro шалом (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · cmn 沙洛姆 (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · lad shalóm (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · ko 샬롬 (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · es shalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · sk šalóm (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · ru шало́м (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · cs šalóm (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · yi שלום (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · ro șalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · cmn 沙龍 /沙龙 (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · mk шало́м (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · de Schalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · hy շալոմ (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · fa شالوم (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · pt shalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · lt šalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · hu salom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · uk шало́м (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · fi šalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · he שָׁלוֹם (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · hi शालोम (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · bg шало́м (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · fr shalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · de Shalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · be шало́м (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · nl sjalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) · sl šalom (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell)

shalom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ʃɑːˈloʊm/
  • (New-York-City) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʃəˈləʊm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.

Meanings

  1. (countable) The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom".
    • He exchanged shaloms with a group of young people coming out of the synagogue and turned left toward a corner. 2014, David Morrell, The League of Night and Fog:
  2. (Judaism, uncountable) Peace.
    • In Hebrew, bonai shalom means “builders of peace,” and the congregation welcomes both Jews and non-Jews to participate in all aspects of the community. 2025 June 4, Cindy Von Quednow, TuAnh Dam, “Their synagogue taught them to build peace. An antisemitic attack is testing their resilience”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shaloms Number=Plur lexicographic

shalom en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ʃɑːˈloʊm/
  • (New-York-City) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ʃəˈləʊm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.

Meanings

  1. To greet somebody with "shalom".

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shaloms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
shalomed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shalomed Tense=Past lexicographic
shaloming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

Shula · Solomon · Salome · Shlomo · Shalom · Shulamith