English Explanatory Dictionary

papaya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
  2. The fruit of this tree.
  3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

Pronunciation

/pəˈpaɪ.ə/ /pəˈpɑː.jə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-papaya.wav /pəˈpa.ja/ [pɐ.päː.jäˑ]

Word forms

papaya papayas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Possibility a doublet of pawpaw.

Synonyms

pawpaw common term for papaya but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree fruit

Related words

papain

Derived words

mountain papaya raw papaya yaya papaya

Translations

Basque: papaiondo Central Bikol: tapayas Bulgarian: папая Dutch: papajaboom Dutch: meloenboom Finnish: papaija French: papayer Gujarati: પપૈયું Hindi: पपीता Hunsrik: Mammongbaam Ido: papayiero Indonesian: pepaya Isan: บักหุ่ง Isan: หมากหุ่ง Javanese: ꦏꦠꦺꦱ꧀ Macedonian: папа́ја Malayalam: കപ്ലം Paicî: mâmîâpo Polish: papaja Portuguese: mamoeiro Russian: папа́йя Spanish: papayo Spanish: frutabomba Spanish: papayero Spanish: lechoso Swahili: mpapai Tamil: பப்பாளி Telugu: బొప్పాయిచెట్టు Central Thai: มะละกอ Northern Thai: บะก้วยเต๊ศ Southern Thai: ลอกอ Turkish: papaya Vietnamese: cây đu đủ Welsh: papaia
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