breadfruit

English

Etymology

bread +‎ fruit, from the texture of the fruit.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹedfɹuːt/

Noun

breadfruit (plural breadfruits)

Artocarpus altilis

Fruit of Artocarpus altilis

1. An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
2. The large round fruit of this tree.

Synonyms

• (tree): breadfruit tree

Derived terms

• African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana
• highland breadfruit (Ficus dammaropsis)
• Mexican breadfruit (Monstera deliciosa)
• seeded breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)

Translations

tree

• Catalan: arbre del pa m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麵包樹, 面包树 (miànbāoshù)

• Danish: brødfrugttræ n
• Esperanto: panarbo
• Finnish: leipäpuu (fi)
• French: arbre à pain (fr) m, artocarpus m, artocarpe (fr) m
• German: Brotfruchtbaum (de) m
• Ido: artokarpo (io)
• Indonesian: pohon sukun
• Irish: crann toraidh aráin m
• Japanese: パンの木 (パンノキ, pannoki)

• Malay: pokok sukun, pohon sukun, pokok kulur, pohon kulur
• Maori: pōporo, kuru, pōporohua, pōporohua, pōporohua
• Ngazidja Comorian: mfuriapa class 3/4
• Portuguese: fruta-pão (pt) f
• Romanian: arbore de pâine m
• Russian: хле́бное де́рево n (xlébnoje dérevo)
• Spanish: árbol del pan m
• Tagalog: rimas
• Thai: สาเก (th) (sake)
• Turkish: ekmek ağacı (tr)
• Vietnamese: cây sa kê
• Volapük: bodep

fruit

• Brunei Malay: sukun
• Burmese: ပေါင်မုန့်သီး (my) (paungmun.si:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麵包果, 面包果 (miànbāoguǒ)

• Danish: brødfrugt c
• Esperanto: panfrukto
• Faroese: breyðfrukt f
• Fijian: uto (fj)
• Finnish: leipäpuun hedelmä
• French: fruit à pain (fr) m
• German: Brotfrucht f
• Gujarati: નીરફણસ (nīraphṇas)
• Hawaiian: ʻulu
• Ido: artokarpofrukto (io)
• Imonda: if
• Indonesian: sukun (id)
• Irish: toradh aráin m
• Japanese: パンの木の実 (pannoki no mi)
• Kapampangan: kamansi
• Malay: kulur, sukun
• Maori: kuru, pōporo
• Marathi: नीरफणस (nīraphṇas)

• Marshallese: mā
• Motu: unu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brødfrukt m or f

  Nynorsk: brødfrukt f

• Portuguese: fruta-pão (pt) f
• Russian: плод хле́бного де́рева m (plod xlébnovo déreva)
• Samoan: 'ulu
• Samoan Plantation Pidgin: bresprut
• Sanskrit: पनस (sa) n (panasa)
• Seychellois Creole: friyapen
• Spanish: (Dominican Republic) buen pan m, (Puerto Rico) pana (es) f, (Mexico) yaca f
• Tagalog: rimas, kamansi
• Tahitian: uru
• Thai: สาเก (th) (sake)
• Tok Pisin: kapiak
• Tolai: kapiaka
• Tongan: mei
• Turkish: ekmek ağacı (tr)
• Vietnamese: quả sa kê, trái sa kê
• Volapük: bodepafluk

References

• breadfruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Artocarpus altilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Artocarpus altilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons