different between citron vs chartreuse

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [????t???z]

Rhymes: -??(r)z

• (US) IPA^(key): [????t?u?z], [????t?u?s]

Rhymes: -u?z, -u?s

Noun

chartreuse (countable and uncountable, plural chartreuses)

1. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
2. A greenish-yellow colour.

3. (art) A kind of enamelled pottery.

Adjective

chartreuse (not comparable)

1. of a bright yellowish-green colour.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

French

Etymology

From the Chartreux (“Carthusian monks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.t?øz/

Noun

chartreuse f (plural chartreuses)

1. chartreuse (liqueur)
2. (originally) Grande Chartreuse;or any Carthusian monastery (a charterhouse)

Descendants

• ? English: chartreuse
• ? English: charterhouse

Adjective

chartreuse

1. feminine singular of chartreux

Further reading

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