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lemon
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic ????????? (laym?n) or Ottoman Turkish ?????? (limon), from Persian ????? (limu). Cognate with Sanskrit ?????? (nimb?, “lime”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?'m?n, IPA(key): /?l?.m?n/
- Rhymes: -?m?n
- (US)
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /?l?.m?n/
Noun
lemon (plural lemons)
- A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
- A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
- (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.
- He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
- A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
- (fandom slang) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
Synonyms
- (defective item): bomb
- (erotic fanfiction): PWP, smutfic
Derived terms
Related terms
- limonene
Translations
See also
- adverse selection
Adjective
lemon (comparative more lemon, superlative most lemon)
- Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
- Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.
- 2009, Caitlin Moran, ‘Why I love paying tax’, The Times, 12 Oct 2009:
- Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.
- 2009, Caitlin Moran, ‘Why I love paying tax’, The Times, 12 Oct 2009:
Translations
Verb
lemon (third-person singular simple present lemons, present participle lemoning, simple past and past participle lemoned)
- (transitive) To flavour with lemon.
- You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.
See also
- citrine
- citron
- citronella
- melissa
- fever grass
- Appendix:Colors
References
Anagrams
- Menlo, Monel, melon, nmole
Esperanto
Noun
lemon
- accusative singular of lemo
Welsh
Alternative forms
- lemwn
Etymology
From English lemon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?m?n/
Noun
lemon m (plural lemonau, not mutable)
- lemon
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
lemon
- lemon.
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lemonlike
English
Etymology
lemon +? -like
Adjective
lemonlike (comparative more lemonlike, superlative most lemonlike)
- Resembling a lemon.
Synonyms
- lemony
Anagrams
- melonlike
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