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)

1. silverberry, oleaster (of the genus Elaeagnus)

Further reading

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