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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t??n/

Noun

citron (countable and uncountable, plural citrons)

1. A greenish yellow colour.

2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
3. The fruit of a citron tree.
4. The candied rind of the citron fruit.

Translations

Adjective

citron (comparative more citron, superlative most citron)

1. Of a greenish yellow colour.

Derived terms

• citron melon
• citron wood
• citronetin
• citronin

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• cortin

Czech

Alternative forms

• citrón

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?s?tron/

Noun

citron m

1. lemon

Declension

Related terms

• citroník

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [si?t???o?n]
• Rhymes: -o??n

Noun

citron c (singular definite citronen, plural indefinite citroner)

1. lemon (yellowish citrus fruit; taste or flavor of lemons)

Inflection

Further reading

• citron on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Esperanto

Noun

citron

1. accusative singular of citro

French

Etymology

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek ?????? (kédros, “cedar, juniper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.t???/

Noun

citron m (plural citrons)

1. lemon
2. lime (citrus)
3. brimstone (butterfly)
4. (colloquial) noggin (head)
5. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)
6. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) East Asian

   Synonym: see Est-Asiatique

   Hyponym: chinetoque

Derived terms

• citron pressé
• citron vert
• citronellal
• citronellol
• citronnade
• citronnat
• citronnelle
• citronner
• citronneraie
• citronnier
• jaune citron
• ne rien avoir dans le citron
• presse-citron
• quercitron
• se presser le citron

References

Further reading

• “citron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??tru?n/

Noun

citron c

1. a lemon

Declension

Derived terms

• citronträd
• citronlemonad
• citronsyra

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b????m?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?????m?t/

Etymology 1

French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish ?? ??????? (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.

Noun

bergamot (countable and uncountable, plural bergamots)

1. A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
2. The fruit from the bergamot tree
3. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

   • The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.

5. Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
   1. Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
   2. Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
6. A variety of pear.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• wild bergamot

Translations

See also

• Earl Grey (tea flavored with bergamot)

Further reading

• bergamot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bergamot in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

Etymology 2

From Bergamo

Noun

bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)

1. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?r.?a??m?t/
• Hyphenation: ber?ga?mot
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

bergamot f (plural bergamotten, diminutive bergamotje n)

1. bergamot (pear-shaped citrus fruit)

   Synonym: herenpeer

Derived terms

• bergamotboom
• bergamotolie
• bergamotpeer
• bergamotplant

Romanian

Adjective

bergamot m or n (feminine singular bergamot?, masculine plural bergamo?i, feminine and neuter plural bergamote)

1. Alternative form of pergamut

Declension