English Explanatory Dictionary

mangosteen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
  2. A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
  3. The tree on which the fruit grows.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/ /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-AlexLesniewski-mangosteen.wav

Word forms

mangosteen mangosteens mangostan mangousteen

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.

Derived words

guavasteen wild mangosteen

Translations

Arabic: مَانْغُوسْتِين Arabic: مَانْجُوسْتِين Arabic: جَوْز جَنْدَم Bengali: ম্যাঙ্গোস্টিন Burmese: မင်းကွတ် Chinese Cantonese: 山竹 Chinese Cantonese: 山竹果 Chinese Mandarin: 山竹 Chinese Mandarin: 山竹果 Chinese Mandarin: 莽吉柿 Czech: mangostana lahodná Czech: mangostan Danish: mangostan Dhivehi: މަބުސްތާން Dutch: mangistan Esperanto: mangostano Finnish: mangostani French: mangoustan French: mangouste French: brindone German: Mangostane Hindi: मेन्गोस्टीन White Hmong: txiv nplai qij Hungarian: mangosztán Indonesian: manggis Italian: mangostano Japanese: マンゴスチン Javanese: manngis Javanese: manggis Kannada: ಮುರುಗಲ ಹಣ್ಣು Kannada: ಕೋಕಂ Kannada: ಪುನರ್ಪುಳಿ Khmer: មង្ឃុត Korean: 망고스틴 Lao: ມັງຄຸດ Lao: ໝາກມັງຄຸດ Malay: manggis Malay: manggista Malay: manggistan Malay: manggustan Mongolian: хадны дорго Occitan: mangosta Occitan: mangostan Persian: گوز گندم Polish: mangostan Portuguese: mangostão Portuguese: mangostim Romanian: mangustan Russian: мангоста́н Russian: мангуста́н Russian: мангустин Sinhalese: මැංගුස් Sinhalese: මැන්ගුස් Sinhalese: පළතුර Spanish: mangostán Spanish: mangostino Sundanese: manggu Swedish: mangostan Tagalog: manggustan Tamil: மாங்கிஸ் Tamil: மங்குசுத்தான் Thai: มังคุด Tulu: ಪುನರ್ಪುಳಿ
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