kumquat

kumquat

See also: Kumquat

English

kumquat fruits

Alternative forms

• cumquat

Etymology

From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹) or 金橘 (gam¹ gwat¹, literally “golden tangerine”). Related to loquat – same second character.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɒt/

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• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

Noun

kumquat (plural kumquats)

1. A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).

Derived terms

• citrangequat (Citrus × georgiana)
• lemonquat (Citrus × japonica)
• limequat (Citrus × floridana)
• mandarinquat (Citrus japonica × Citrus reticulata)
• orangequat
• sunquat (Citrus × japonica)

Related terms

• loquat

Translations

small orange fruit

Arabic: بُرْتُقَال ذَهَبِيّ‎ m (burtuqāl ḏahabiyy) Catalan: cumquat (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 柑橘 (gam1 gwat1) Mandarin: 金桔 (zh) (jīnjú), 金橘 (zh) (jīnjú) Min Nan: 金棗 (kim-tsó), 金桔仔 (kim-kiat-á), 桔仔 (kiat-á), 金柑 (kim-kam) Czech: kumquat m, kumkvat m Dutch: kumquat (nl) m Esperanto: fortunelo, kumkvato Finnish: kumkvatti (fi) French: kumquat (fr) m Galician: kumquat (gl) m German: Kumquat (de) f Greek: κουμκουάτ (el) n (koumkouát) Hawaiian: kamakuaka Hebrew: קומקוואט‎ (kumkwat) Hungarian: kumkvat (hu), törpemandarin (hu) Irish: cumcuat m Italian: kumquat m, mandarino cinese m Japanese: 金柑 (ja) (kinkan), キンカン (kinkan) Khmer: ផ្លែកុមខ្វាត់ (phlaekomkhvat) Korean: 금귤(金橘) (geumgyul) Polish: kumkwat (pl) m Portuguese: kumquat m Romanian: kumquat n Russian: кумква́т (ru) m (kumkvát) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кумкват m Latin: kumkvat m Spanish: kumquat (es) m, quinoto (es) m Swedish: kumquat (sv) c Thai: ส้มจี๊ด (sôm-jíit) Turkish: kamkat (tr), altın portakal, çin portakalı, kamkuat Vietnamese: kim quất (金橘), quất (vi) (橘 (vi)), tắc (vi)

References

• kumquat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Citrus japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Citrus japonica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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French

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat

Further reading

• “kumquat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kumquat.

Noun

kumquat m (invariable)

1. kumquat

   Synonym: mandarino cinese

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Portuguese

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat (small orange fruit)

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Spanish

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat

   Synonyms: naranjo chino, naranjo enano, quinoto