rambutan
See also: rambután
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay rambutan, English usage first attested 1707.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ɹamˈbjʉːtən]
- (General American) IPA(key): [ɹæmˈbuːtən]
Noun edit
rambutan (plural rambutans)
- A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
- The fruit of this tree.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115:
- Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.
Translations edit
fruit
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Anagrams edit
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
rambut + -an (compare Malay rambutan)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rambutan
- rambutan, fruit of the tropical tree Nephelium lappaceum
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Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rambutan
- the rambutan tree (Nephelium lappaceum)
- the fruit of this tree
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay rambutan or rambut + -an.
Noun edit
rambutan (first-person possessive rambutanku, second-person possessive rambutanmu, third-person possessive rambutannya)
- rambutan (fruit)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rambutan m
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rambutan (Jawi spelling رمبوتن or رامبوتن, plural rambutan-rambutan, informal 1st possessive rambutanku, 2nd possessive rambutanmu, 3rd possessive rambutannya)
- rambutan (fruit)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “rambutan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rambután
- rambutan (fruit)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malay rambutan, from rambut (“hair”) + -an.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rambután (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆᜈ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “rambutan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018