different between papain vs papaya

English

Etymology

Attested since the late 1800s. From papaya +? -in.

Noun

papain (plural papains)

1. (biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.

Anagrams

• Appian

English

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??pa??/, /p??p??j?/
• Rhymes: -a??, -??j?

Noun

papaya (plural papayas)

1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

Synonyms

• pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree / fruit

Translations

See also

• papain

Further reading

• papaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Spanish

Alternative forms

• papayón, papayo

Etymology

From Cariban/Arawak papáia.

Pronunciation

Noun

papaya f (plural papayas)

1. papaya (fruit)

   Synonyms: lechoza, (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Paraguay) lechosa, mamón

2. (Cuba, slang, euphemistic) vagina

   Cubans typically call actual papaya fruta bomba, and "papaya" is usually used only in its slang sense.

3. (slang) easy

Descendants

Further reading

• “papaya” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Turkish

Noun

papaya

1. accusative singular of papa