different between pomelo vs citron

English

Alternative forms

• pommelo, pummelo, pomelow, pummaloe, pummelow
• (obsolete): pomello, pomolo, pumelo

Etymology

Of uncertain etymology, though possibly a variant of earlier pampelmoes, from French, Dutch, Portuguese sources ultimately equivalent to "thick lemon" or transcribing the Tamil ???? ?????? (pampa ?im?cu, “big citrus”). Alternatively, possibly from pome (“apple”) + melon or some cognate; though such a compound is currently unattested, some early variant spellings seem to show influence from pome.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p??m?l?, p??m?l?, p?m??l?, IPA^(key): /?p?m?l??/, /?p?m?l??/, /p??m?l??/
• (General American) enPR: p??m?l?, IPA^(key): /?p?m?lo?/

Noun

pomelo (plural pomelos or pomeloes)

1. The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.

   Synonyms: (India) jabong, (South Africa) pampelmoes, (chiefly Caribbean) shaddock, Chinese grapefruit

2. The tree which produces this fruit.
3. (US, Caribbean, historical) the grapefruit.

Synonyms

• (grapefruit): See grapefruit

Derived terms

• tangelo

Descendants

• ? French: pomélo, pomelo
• ? German: Pomelo
• ? Italian: pomelo
• ? Portuguese: pomelo
• ? Spanish: pomelo

Translations

Further reading

• pomelo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pomelo at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??me?lo?/

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelo's, diminutive pomelootje n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) pomelo (fruit of the tree Citrus maxima)
2. Cross between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and grapefruit (Citrus ×paradisi), typically with green peel but bigger and sweeter than grapefruit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.me.lo/

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. Alternative spelling of pomélo

Galician

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. grapefruit

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?m?.lo/
• Hyphenation: po?mè?lo

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomeli)

1. pomelo (Citrus maxima)

References

• pomelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. pomelo (large citric fruit native to southeast Asia)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po?melo/, [po?me.lo]

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. pomelo
2. grapefruit

   Synonym: toronja

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