different between citron vs citric

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

• IPA^(key): /?s?t??k/

Adjective

citric (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.

Derived terms

• citric acid

Translations

See also

• citrous

Anagrams

• critic

Romanian

Etymology

From French citrique

Adjective

citric m or n (feminine singular citric?, masculine plural citrici, feminine and neuter plural citrice)

1. citric

Declension