English Explanatory Dictionary

breadfruit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
  2. The large round fruit of this tree.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/ en-us-breadfruit.ogg

Word forms

breadfruit breadfruits

Etymology

Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).

Synonyms

breadfruit tree

Derived words

African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana false breadfruit highland breadfruit Mexican breadfruit seeded breadfruit

Translations

Arabic: خُبْزِيَّة Arabic: شَجَرَة الخُبْز Central Bikol: kulo Catalan: arbre del pa Cebuano: kulo Chinese Mandarin: 麵包樹 /面包树 Ngazidja Comorian: mfuriapa Danish: brødfrugttræ Esperanto: panarbo Finnish: leipäpuu French: arbre à pain French: artocarpus French: artocarpe German: Brotfruchtbaum Haitian Creole: labapen Hawaiian: ʻulu Ido: artokarpo Igbo: ụkwa Indonesian: pohon sukun Irish: crann toraidh aráin Japanese: パンの木 Kannada: ದಿವಿಹಲಸು Kazakh: астық ағашы Kazakh: нан ағашы Korean: 빵나무 Malay: pokok sukun Malay: pohon sukun Malay: pokok kulur Malay: pohon kulur Māori: pōporo Māori: kuru Māori: pōporohua Marshallese: mā Portuguese: fruta-pão Romanian: arbore de pâine Russian: хле́бное де́рево Savosavo: buzu Spanish: árbol del pan Spanish: panapén Swedish: brödfruktträd Tagalog: rimas Thai: สาเก Turkish: ekmek ağacı Ulwa (Nicaragua): duputmak Vietnamese: cây sa kê Volapük: bodep
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