different between malta vs grapefruit

English

Etymology

From Spanish malta, in turn from German Malzbier.

Noun

malta (uncountable)

1. A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.

Further reading

• Malta (soft drink) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• talma, tamal

Czech

Etymology

From Italian malta

Noun

malta f

1. mortar (mixture used for bonding bricks and stones)

Derived terms

• maltový

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?lt?/, [?m?lt??]
• Rhymes: -?lt?
• Syllabification: mal?ta

Etymology 1

< Malta

Noun

malta

1. The Maltese language.

Usage notes

• The Finnish usage is changing with respect to the Maltese. The preferred term has until recently been maltan kieli, but at least the European Union is using malta. The development is logical, since this is the normal way to form names of languages in Finnish.
• See also usage notes under englanti

Declension

Synonyms

• maltan kieli

Related terms

• maltalainen
• maltankielinen
• Malta

Etymology 2

Verb

malta

1. Indicative present connegative form of malttaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of malttaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of malttaa.

Anagrams

• lamat, malat

French

Verb

malta

1. third-person singular past historic of malter

Anagrams

• lamât

Italian

Etymology

From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek ????? (máltha).

Noun

malta f (plural malte)

1. mortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand, and water)

Descendants

• ? Czech: malta
• ? Slovak: malta

Verb

malta

1. third-person singular present indicative of maltare
2. second-person singular imperative of maltare

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to Malta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mal?ta
• Rhymes: -awt?

Noun

malta f (plural maltas)

1. (collective, derogatory) a group of troublemakers or vagabonds; rabble

   Synonyms: cambada, canalha, corja, choldra, patuleia, súcia

2. (collective) crowd, group

   Synonyms: gente, multidão
3. farm workers, especially those working seasonally

Related terms

• maltês

Slovak

Etymology

From Italian malta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?ta/

Noun

malta f (genitive singular malty, nominative plural malty, genitive plural mált, declension pattern of žena)

1. mortar

Declension

Derived terms

• maltový

Further reading

• malta in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From English malt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?malta/, [?mal?.t?a]

Noun

malta f (plural maltas)

1. malt
2. malta

Descendants

• ? English: malta

English

Etymology

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape +? fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pummelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning "great citrus [fruit]", due to the size of its fruit. A new pummelo variety might first have been called a "greatfruit", and through the process of dissimilation, the word came to be pronounced "grapefruit".

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???e?p.f?u?t/

  (as grape + fruit, with stress on grape)

Noun

grapefruit (plural grapefruits or grapefruit)

1. The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
2. The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.

   Synonyms: pomelo, shaddock, forbidden fruit

Synonyms

• (tree): grapefruit tree; Citrus × paradisi; Citrus sinensis × Citrus grandis, Citrus sinensis × Citrus maxima

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• grapefruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Citrus paradisi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Citrus paradisi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Grapefruits on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English grapefruit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?p.frut/
• Hyphenation: grape?fruit

Noun

grapefruit m (plural grapefruits, diminutive grapefruitje n)

1. grapefruit (tree of the species Citrus paradisi)
2. grapefruit (fruit produced by the tree of the species Citrus paradisi)

See also

• pompelmoes

French

Noun

grapefruit m (plural grapefruits)

1. (Switzerland) grapefruit

   Synonym: pamplemousse