bitter melon

See also: bittermelon

English

Alternative forms

bittermelon

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 苦瓜 (kǔguā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtəɹ ˈmɛlən/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

bitter melon (plural bitter melons)

A vine, Momordica charantia, which produces a bitter, though when properly prepared edible, fruit.
(Australia) A similar fruit-bearing vine, Citrullus lanatus (Citroides Group).
The fruit of the bitter melon vine.

Synonyms

balsam pear, bitter gourd, karela, cerasee (Jamaica)

Translations

plant Momordica charantia

Arabic: قَاوُون‎ m (qāwūn)
Basque: meloi mikatz
Burmese: ကြက်ဟင်းခါးပင် (krakhang:hka:pang)
Catalan: cogombre tropical
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苦瓜 (zh) (kǔguā)
Dutch: sopropo (nl)
Estonian: karella-kibekurk
Finnish: karvaskurkku (fi)
German: Bittermelone f, Bittergurke f, Balsambirne f, Karela f
Greek: πικρό πεπόνι n (pikró pepóni)
Indonesian: pare (id), paria (id)
Malayalam: പാവൽ (ml) (pāval)
Polish: przepękla ogórkowata f, balsamka ogórkowata f
Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano m
Spanish: melón amargo
Sranan Tongo: sopropo
Swedish: bittergurka c
Telugu: కాకర (te) (kākara)

fruit of Momordica charantia

Arabic: قَاوُون‎ m (qāwūn)
Assamese: কেৰেলা (kerela)
Bengali: করলা (bn) (kôrôla), উচ্ছা (uccha), উচ্ছে (bn) (ucche)
Bikol Central: marigoso
Burmese: ကြက်ဟင်းခါးသီး (krakhang:hka:si:)
Cebuano: paliya
Chinese:
Cantonese: 涼瓜／凉瓜, 凉瓜 (loeng⁴ gwaa¹), 苦瓜 (fu² gwaa¹)
Mandarin: 苦瓜 (zh) (kǔguā)
Min Nan: 苦瓜 (zh-min-nan) (khó͘-koe), 防羊言 (hông-iûⁿ-giân), 紅楊／红杨 (âng-iûⁿ)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: sopropo (nl)
Estonian: karella-kibekurk
Finnish: karvaskurkku (fi)
French: margose (fr) f, momordique (fr) f, pomme de merveille (fr) f, melon amer m, poire balsamique (fr) f
German: Bittermelone f, Bittergurke f, Balsambirne f, Karela f
Greek: πικρό πεπόνι n (pikró pepóni)
Gujarati: કારેલું (kārelũ)
Hindi: करेला (hi) (karelā)
Ilocano: pariya
Indonesian: pare (id), paria (id)
Japanese: 蔓茘枝, ツルレイシ (tsurureishi), 苦瓜 (ja), ニガウリ (nigauri)
Kannada: ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ (kn) (hāgalakāyi)
Kapampangan: apalya, apalia
Kashmiri: کَریلہٕ‎ (karēlụ)
Konkani: काराते
Khmer: ម្រះ (km) (mrĕəh)
Korean: 여주 (yeoju)
Lao: ຟັກຂົມ (fak khom)
Maguindanao: paliya
Malayalam: പാവയ്ക്ക (pāvaykka), കയ്പക്ക (kaypakka)
Marathi: कारली (kārlī)
Manchu: ᡤᠠᡥᠠ
ᠣᡨ᠋ᠣᠨ
Masbatenyo: ampalaya
Okinawan: ごーやー (gōyā)
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Polish: przepękla ogórkowata f, balsamka ogórkowata f
Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano m
Punjabi: ਕਰੇਲਾ (karelā)
Russian: кита́йская го́рькая ты́ква f (kitájskaja górʹkaja týkva), момо́рдика (ru) f (momórdika), каре́ла f (karéla)
Sanskrit: कारवेल्ल (sa) (kāravella)
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: melón amargo m
Sranan Tongo: sopropo
Swedish: bittergurka c
Tagalog: ampalaya (tl)
Tamil: பாகற்காய் (ta) (pākaṟkāy)
Telugu: కాకరకాయ (te) (kākarakāya)
Thai: มะระ (th) (má-rá)
Tulu: ಕಂಚಲ (kañcala)
Urdu: کریلا‎ (karelā)
Vietnamese: khổ qua (Southern), mướp đắng (vi) (Northern)
Zhuang: lwghaemz