grapefruit

grapefruit

See also: Grapefruit

English

A grapefruit (tree) in Enampore, Senegal

Grapefruit (fruit), one sliced in half

Etymology

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape +‎ fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree[1], 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" (see greatfruit), and through the process of dissimilation, the word came to be pronounced "grapefruit".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪpfɹuːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪpfɹut/

• Audio (GA)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: grape‧fruit

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

Hypernyms

• fruit
  • citrus

Derived terms

• Chinese grapefruit
• grapefruit juice
• grapefruitlike
• grapefruit spoon
• grapefruity

Translations

tree

Arabic: زَنْبَاع‎ m (zanbāʿ) Asturian: pomelar (ast), pomelu (ast), sidru (ast) Basque: arabisagar arbola Bulgarian: грейпфру́т (bg) m (grejpfrút) Catalan: aranger m Chinese: Cantonese: 西柚 (sai1 jau6-2) Mandarin: 柚子 (zh) (yòuzi), 葡萄柚 (zh) (pútáoyòu) Min Nan: 柚仔樹 (iū-á-chhiu), 葡萄柚 (zh-min-nan) (phû-tô-iū) Finnish: greippipuu, greippi (fi) French: pamplemoussier (fr) m Hebrew: עץ האשכולית‎ m Hungarian: grépfrútfa, citrancsfa (obsolete) Icelandic: greipaldin n, greipaldintré n Italian: pompelmo (it) m Japanese: グレープフルーツ (ja) (gurēpufurūtsu) Korean: 그레이프프루트 (ko) (geureipeupeuruteu) Polish: grejpfrut (pl) Russian: грейпфру́т (ru) m (grejpfrút) Spanish: toronjo m Swahili: mbalungi Tagalog: kahil Turkish: greyfurt (tr)

fruit

Alabama: yalàaha kaskaha Albanian: grapefruit m Arabic: لَيْمُون هِنْدِيّ‎ m (laymūn hindiyy), جْرِيب فْرُوت‎ m (greyb frūt), كْرِيفُون‎ m (krīfūn), كَرِيفُون‎ m (karīfūn), زَنْبَاع‎ m (zanbāʿ) Armenian: գրեյպֆրուտ (hy) (greypfrut), թուրինջ (hy) (tʿurinǰ) Asturian: pomelu (ast), sidru (ast) Azerbaijani: qreypfrut Basque: arabisagar (eu) Belarusian: грэйпфру́т m (hrejpfrút) Bengali: জাম্বুরা (jambura) Bulgarian: грейпфру́т (bg) m (grejpfrút) Burmese: ဂရိတ်ဖရု (ga.rithpa.ru.), ကျွဲကောသီး (kywai:kau:si:) Catalan: aranja f Chechen: грейпфрукт (grejpfrukt) Chinese: Cantonese: 西柚 (sai1 jau6-2) Mandarin: 柚子 (zh) (yòuzi), 葡萄柚 (zh) (pútáoyòu) Min Nan: 柚仔樹 (iū-á-chhiu), 葡萄柚 (zh-min-nan) (phû-tô-iū) Cornish: aval paradhis m Czech: grapefruit (cs) m Danish: grapefrugt (da), grape (da) Dutch: grapefruit (nl) m Esperanto: grapfrukto (eo) Estonian: greip, greipfruut, greibipuu Faroese: greypfrukt f Fataluku: sapu, sapua Finnish: greippi (fi) French: pamplemousse (fr) m, pomélo (fr) m Georgian: გრეიპფრუტი (greiṗpruṭi) German: Grapefruit (de) f, Pampelmuse (de) f Greek: γκρέιπφρουτ (el) n (gkréipfrout) Haitian Creole: chadèk Hebrew: אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית‎ (he) f (eshkolít) Hindi: मौसमी (mausmī), छोटा चकोतरा m (choṭā cakotrā), चकोतरा (hi) m (cakotrā) Hungarian: grépfrút (hu), citrancs (hu) (largely obsolete) Icelandic: greipaldin n, greip f, tröllaldin n Ido: pompelmuso (io) Ilocano: lukban Indonesian: jeruk bali, jeruk keprok (id), limau gedang Irish: seadóg f Italian: pompelmo (it) m Japanese: グレープフルーツ (ja) (gurēpufurūtsu) Javanese: jeruk bali Kazakh: грейпфрут (greipfrut) Korean: 그레이프프루트 (ko) (geureipeupeuruteu), 자몽 (jamong) Kyrgyz: грейпфрут (greypfrut) Lao: ພຸກ (phuk), ໝາກສົ້ມໂອ (māk som ʼō), ສົ້ມ​ໂອ (som ʼō) Latvian: greipfrūts m Lithuanian: greipfrutas m Macedonian: гре́јпфрут m (gréjpfrut), цитро́н m (citrón) Makasae: dambua Malay: limau gedang Maltese: lumi-larinġ Manchu: ᠵᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᠨ (jofohon) Manx: shaddag m, shaddoge m Maori: hauler épée Mongolian: бэрсүүт жүрж (bersüüt žürž) Navajo: chʼil łitsxooí ntsxaaígíí Norwegian: Bokmål: grapefrukt (no) m or f Nynorsk: grapefrukt f Pashto: please add this translation if you can Persian: گریپ فروت‎ (greyp frut) Plautdietsch: Pommelmooss f Polish: grejpfrut (pl) m anim, grapefruit (pl) m anim Portuguese: toranja (pt) f, toronja (pt) f Quechua: turunja Romanian: grepfrut (ro) n Romansch: grepfrut m Russian: грейпфру́т (ru) m (grejpfrút) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: грѐјпфрут m, лиму̀ника f Roman: grèjpfrut (sh) m, limùnika (sh) f Sindhi: please add this translation if you can Slovak: grapefruit (sk) m Slovene: grenivka (sl) f Spanish: toronja f, pomelo (es) m Swahili: balungi Swedish: grape (sv) c, grapefrukt (sv) c Tagalog: kahil Tajik: норинҷ (norinj), грейпфрут (greypfrut) Tausug: suwa' gadja Tetum: jambua Thai: เกรปฟรูต (gréep-frúut), ส้มโอ (sôm-oo) Tigrinya: ናርገ (nargä) Turkish: greyfurt (tr) Turkmen: greýpfrut Ukrainian: грейпфру́т m (hrejpfrút) Urdu: چکوترا‎ m (cakotrā) Uzbek: greypfrut Vietnamese: bưởi chùm (vi), bưởi đắng Welsh: grawnffrwyth (cy) m Wolof: pampëlëmuus, pàmpalmuus Yiddish: גרייפּפֿרוכט‎ f (greypfrukht), גרייפּפֿרוט‎ f (greypfrut)

References

1. “Report of the Secretary–the pomelo”, in Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the twenty-first Session of the Legislature of the State of California, volume V, Sacramento, 1895, page 65:

   The pomelo is now marketed under the name “grape-fruit,” which is a misnomer. This is confusing and misleading. The name “grape-fruit” was given to this fruit in Florida, as it hangs on trees in clusters resembling the grape, but has no relation to it whatever. Growers and shippers should drop the name “grape-fruit” and apply to it the name pomelo, which is popular, and botanically correct.

Further reading

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English grapefruit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡreːp.frut/

• Audio

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• 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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.pə.fʁɥi/

• Audio

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Noun

grapefruit m (plural grapefruits)

1. (Switzerland) grapefruit

   Synonym: pamplemousse