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carambola

English

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Etymology

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Presumably from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), via Portuguese.

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Noun

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carambola (plural carambolas)

  1. A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
  2. The fruit of this tree, more commonly known as star fruit.
    • 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 124:
      She leans out of sight before coming back with a bowl of something—looks like sliced fresh carambola with salt and chili.
  3. A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.
    carambola:  

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal.

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carambola f (plural caramboles)

  1. star fruit
  2. carom

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carambola

  1. third-person singular past historic of caramboler

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈram.bo.la/
  • Rhymes: -ambola
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ràm‧bo‧la

Etymology 1

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Noun

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carambola f (plural carambole)

  1. cannon, carom (in snooker etc.)
  2. star fruit

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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carambola

  1. inflection of carambolare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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carambola

Etymology

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Via Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).

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carambola f (plural carambolas)

  1. star fruit (fruit)
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese carambola.

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  • IPA(key): /kaɾamˈbola/ [ka.ɾãmˈbo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: ca‧ram‧bo‧la

Noun

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carambola f (plural carambolas)

  1. star fruit
  2. fluke
  3. double whammy; act of killing two birds with one stone
  4. (snooker, pool, billiards) cannon
  5. (snooker, pool, billiards) three-cushion shot
    Continuaban desocupadas las mesas en redor, los músicos charlaban en el palco, y del salón de billares llegaba el ruido de tacos con que algunos entusiastas aplaudían una carambola complicadísima.
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