agrume

French

agrume

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian agrume, borrowed from Latin ācrūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡʁym/

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Noun

agrume m (plural agrumes)

1. citrus (fruit)

Related terms

• aigre

Further reading

• “agrume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• agrume on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Medieval Latin ācrūmen (“something sour or bitter”), ultimately from Latin ācer (“sharp, sour, bitter”). Cognate to Old French aigrun (“sour fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡru.me/
• Rhymes: -ume
• Hyphenation: a‧grù‧me

Noun

agrume m (plural agrumi)

1. citrus (fruit and tree)

Derived terms

• agrumeto
• agrumicolo
• agrumicoltore
• agrumicoltura
• spremiagrumi

Descendants

• → French: agrume

Spanish

Verb

agrume

1. inflection of agrumar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative