jackfruit

See also: jack fruit and jack-fruit

English

Etymology

From Portuguese jaca (“jackfruit”), from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka).

Noun

jackfruit (plural jackfruits or jackfruit)

A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.

Synonyms

(fruit): jack (obsolete)
(tree): jackfruit tree

Related terms

jackwood

Translations

jackfruit tree

Burmese: ပိန္နဲပင် (pinnai:pang)
Catalan: jaquer m
Danish: brødfrugttræ n
Finnish: intianleipäpuu, jakkipuu
French: jaquier (fr) m
German: Jackfruchtbaum m
Gujarati: ફણસ n (phaṇas)
Hungarian: kenyérfa (hu), jákafa (hu)
Ido: artokarpo (io)
Indonesian: pohon nangka
Irish: crann seacthorthaí m
Kannada: ಹಲಸಿನ ಮರ (kn) (halasina mara)
Khmer: ខ្នុរ (km) (khnol)
Malayalam: പ്ലാവ് (plāvŭ)
Marathi: फणस m (phaṇas)
Norman: jatchyi m (Jersey)
Pali: panasa
Polish: drzewo bochenkowe n
Portuguese: jaqueira f
Russian: джекфру́т (ru) m (džekfrút)
Swahili: mfenesi
Swedish: jackfrukt (sv) c
Telugu: పనసచెట్టు (te) (panasaceṭṭu)
Ukrainian: джекфру́т m (džekfrút)
Vietnamese: mít (vi)

the fruit

Ambonese Malay: anane
Arabic: جاكية‎
Assamese: কঁঠাল (kõthal)
Banyumasan: nangka
Bengali: কাঁঠাল (bn) (kãṭhal)
Bikol Central: langkâ, nangkâ
Burmese: ပိန္နဲ (my) (pinnai:)
Catalan: jaca (ca)
Cebuano: nangkà
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大樹菠蘿, 大树菠萝 (daai⁶ syu⁶ bo¹ lo⁴)
Hakka: 芒加 (mòng-kâ)
Mandarin: 波羅蜜／波罗蜜 (zh) (bōluómì), 木菠蘿／木菠萝 (mùbōluó), 芒加 (bông-ka)
Min Nan: 婆羅蜜 (po-lô-bi̍t)
Cotabato Manobo: badak
Czech: džekfrut
Danish: brødfrugt
Dhivehi: ސައްކެޔޮ‎ (sakkeyo)
Dutch: nangka, jackfruit
Finnish: jakkihedelmä
French: jaque (fr) m, jacque (fr)
German: Jackfrucht (de) f
Gorontalo: langge (gor)
Gujarati: ફણસ (phaṇas)
Hawaiian: ʻananaka
Hiligaynon: langka
Hindi: कटहल (hi) (kaṭhal)
Hungarian: kenyérfa gyümölcse, jackfruit (hu)
Ido: artokarpofrukto (io)
Indonesian: nangka (id)
Irish: seacthoradh m
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: giaca (it), catala (it)
Japanese: 波羅蜜 (パラミツ, paramitsu, ハラミツ, haramitsu), ジャックフルーツ (jakkufurūtsu)
Javanese: nangka (jv), ꦤꦁꦏ (nangka)
Kagayanen: nangka
Kannada: ಹಲಸು (kn) (halasu)
Kapampangan: yangka
Khmer: ខ្នុរ (km) (khnol)
Konkani: पणस (paṇas)
Korean: 잭프루트 (jaekpeuruteu)
Lampung Api: lumasa, malasa
Lao: ໝາກມີ້ (lo) (māk mī)
Luganda: ffene
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Mon: ပၞဟ် (mnw),သတ်ပၞဟ် (mnw)
Malagasy: ampalibe (mg)
Malay: nangka (ms)
Malayalam: ചക്ക (ml) (cakka), പ്ലാവ് (plāvŭ), ചക്കപ്പഴം (cakkappaḻaṃ)
Manchu: ᠪᠠᡵᠠᠮᡳᡩᠠ (baramida)
Marathi: फणस m (phaṇas)
Mongolian: джек фрут (džek frut)
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: jackfrukt
Persian: ژاک‌فروت‎, جک‌فروت‎
Polish: dżakfrut (pl) m
Portuguese: jaca (pt) f
Punjabi: ਕਟਹਲ (pa) (kaṭhal), ਕਟਹਰ (kaṭhar)
Rohingya: haththól
Russian: джекфру́т (ru) m (džekfrút)
Rwanda-Rundi: igifenesi
Sanskrit: पनस (sa) n (panasa), कण्टफल (sa) n (kaṇṭaphala)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sindhi: فڻس‎
Sinhalese: කොස් (kos)
Spanish: yaca, panapén, jaca (es)
Sundanese: ᮔᮀᮊ (nangka)
Swahili: fenesi
Sylheti: ꠇꠑꠣꠟ (xoṭál)
Tagalog: langka (tl), nangka
Tai Dam: please add this translation if you can
Tamil: பலா (ta) (palā), பலாப்பழம் (ta) (palāppaḻam)
Tboli: badak
Telugu: పనసపండు (te) (panasapaṇḍu), పనస (te) (panasa)
Tetum: kulu-naka
Thai: ขนุน (th) (kà-nǔn)
Tibetan: པ་ར་མི་ཏ (pa ra mi ta)
Tongan: mei ʻinitia
Tulu: ಪೆಲಕಾಯಿ (pelakāyi)
Ukrainian: джекфру́т m (džekfrút)
Uma' Lung: badóʼ
Urdu: کٹھل‎ (ur)
Vietnamese: trái mít, quả mít, mít (vi)
Waray-Waray: langkâ
Xhosa: isiqhamo ijack
Zhuang: maknam

Gallery

Jackfruit tree with fruit

Spanish

Noun

jackfruit m (plural jackfruits)

jackfruit