English Explanatory Dictionary

grapefruit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of Citrus maxima and sweet orange.
  2. The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
  3. Large breasts; by extension, a woman with large breasts.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹeɪp.fɹuːt/ /ˈɡɹeɪp.fɹut/ En-us-grapefruit.ogg

Word forms

grapefruit grapefruits

Etymology

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape + fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pomelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning "great citrus [fruit]", due to the size of its fruit. A new pomelo variety might first have been called a "greatfruit" (see greatfruit), and through the process of assimilation, the word came to be pronounced "grapefruit".

Synonyms

grapefruit tree Citrus × paradisi Citrus sinensis × Citrus grandis Citrus sinensis × Citrus maxima pomelo shaddock forbidden fruit breasts

Derived words

Chinese grapefruit grapefruitade grapefruit ade grapefruitini grapefruit juice grapefruit knife Grapefruit League grapefruitlike grapefruit mint grapefruit spoon grapefruity

Translations

Arabic: زَنْبَاع Armenian: գրեյպֆրուտ Asturian: pomelar Asturian: pomelu Asturian: sidru Basque: arabisagar arbola Bulgarian: грейпфру́т Catalan: aranger Chinese Cantonese: 西柚 Chinese: 柚仔樹 /柚仔树 Chinese: 葡萄柚 Chinese Mandarin: 柚子 Chinese Mandarin: 葡萄柚 Finnish: greippipuu Finnish: greippi French: pamplemoussier Hebrew: עץ האשכולית Hungarian: grépfrútfa Hungarian: citrancsfa Icelandic: greipaldin Icelandic: greipaldintré Italian: pompelmo Japanese: グレープフルーツ Korean: 그레이프프루트 Persian: گریپفروت Polish: grejpfrut Polish: grapefruit Portuguese: toranjeira Russian: грейпфру́т Spanish: toronjo Swahili: mbalungi Tagalog: kahil Turkish: greyfurt Ukrainian: гре́йпфру́т Ulwa (Nicaragua): aduk
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