English Explanatory Dictionary

citron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A greenish yellow colour.
  2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
  3. The fruit of a citron tree.
  4. The candied rind of the citron fruit.
adj
  1. Of a greenish yellow colour.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪtɹən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-citron.wav /ˈsɪtəɹn/

Word forms

citron citrons more citron most citron

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology).

Derived words

citronwood seatron citronetin citronin citron melon citron-throated toucan citron wood fingered citron pome-citron

Translations

Arabic: تُرُنْج Bulgarian: цитрон Bulgarian: сладък лимон Chinese Mandarin: 枸櫞 /枸橼 Chinese Mandarin: 香櫞 /香橼 Dutch: sukadeboom Finnish: sukaattisitruuna French: cédratier French: cédrat Galician: cidreira Galician: cidra Greek: κιτριά Greek: κίτρο Ancient Greek: κιτρέα Ancient Greek: κίτρον Ancient Greek: κίτριον Ancient Greek: μηλοκίτριον Irish: crann ciotrón Irish: ciotrón Japanese: 枸櫞 Kannada: ಹೇರಳೆ Central Kurdish: باروونە Malayalam: വള്ളിനാരകം Persian: بالنگ Persian: بادرنگ Persian: ترنگان Polish: cedrat Polish: cytron Portuguese: cidreira Portuguese: cidra Romanian: chitru Romanian: chitră Russian: цитрон Russian: сла́дкий лимо́н Telugu: దబ్బ Telugu: ఫలపూరము Telugu: ఫలపూరకము Telugu: మాదీఫలము Turkish: ağaç kavunu Armenian: կիտրոն Assamese: বিৰা-জৰা Bengali: জামির Bengali: লেবু Bengali: লেম্বু Catalan: poncem Catalan: poncir Catalan: naronja Chinese Cantonese: 枸櫞 /枸橼 Chinese Cantonese: 香櫞 /香橼 Hakka Chinese: 枸櫞 /枸橼 Hakka Chinese: 香櫞 /香橼 Czech: cedrát Danish: cedrat Esperanto: cedrato North Frisian: sitronaatsitroon Hebrew: אתרוג Hindi: चकोतरा Icelandic: súkkatsítróna Ido: cedrato Italian: cedro Italian: lumia Ladino: etrog Maltese: tronġa Norwegian: sukatsitron Punjabi: ਗਲਗਲ
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