clementine

clementine

See also: Clementine, clémentine, and Clémentine

English

Etymology

From French clémentine, from Clément +‎ -ine, named after French missionary Clément Rodier (1839–1904), who is said to have first bred it.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛməntaɪn/, /ˈklɛməntiːn/

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Noun

clementine (plural clementines)

1. A type of small, sweet orange, the result of a cross between a tangerine and Seville orange.

Translations

citrus fruit

Arabic: كَلِيمُونْتِين‎ m (kalimuntin) Egyptian Arabic: كلامنتينة‎ f (kalamantina), يوستفندية‎ f (yustafandiya) Basque: klementina Chinese: Mandarin: 小柑橘 (xiǎogānjú) Danish: klementin c Esperanto: klementino Faroese: klementina Finnish: klementiini (fi) French: clémentine (fr) f Galician: clementina (gl) f German: Clementine (de) f Hindi: माल्टा (hi) m (mālṭā) Icelandic: klementína (is) f Italian: mandarancio (it) m, clementina (it) f, clementino m Japanese: クレメンタイン (kurementain) Maltese: klementina f Norwegian: Bokmål: klementin m Nynorsk: klementin m Polish: klementynka (pl) f Portuguese: clementina f Russian: Клементина (ru) f (Klementina) Swedish: clementin (sv) c Tagalog: kiat-kiat, kyat-kyat Turkish: klemantin Urdu: مالٹا‎ (mālṭā)