different between lemon vs taramosalata

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)

1. A yellowish citrus fruit.
2. A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
3. A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
4. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

5. (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.

   He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
6. (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.

7. (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)

1. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
2. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
3. (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.

Translations

Verb

lemon (third-person singular simple present lemons, present participle lemoning, simple past and past participle lemoned)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. lemon

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Noun

lemon

1. lemon.

English

Alternative forms

• taramasalata

Etymology

From Greek ???????????? (taramosaláta), from ??????? (taramás, “cod roe”) (from Turkish tarama) + ?????? (saláta, “salad”) (from Italian insalata, cognate to English salad).

Noun

taramosalata (uncountable)

1. a Greek and Turkish dish of fish roe (carp or cod), lemon juice, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, and olive oil; often served as a meze or with pitta bread

Coordinate terms

• hummus
• tzatziki

Related terms

• tarama

Translations

Further reading

• taramosalata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References