carambola
English edit
Etymology edit
Presumably from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), via Portuguese.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carambola (plural carambolas)
- A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
- 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.
- A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.
- carambola:
Translations edit
tree
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fruit — see star fruit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carambola f (plural caramboles)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “carambola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃.bɔ.la/
- Homophones: carambolas, carambolât
Verb edit
carambola
- third-person singular past historic of caramboler
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
carambola f (plural carambole)
- cannon, carom (in snooker etc.)
- star fruit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
carambola
- inflection of carambolare:
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Via Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carambola f (plural carambolas)
- star fruit (fruit)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese carambola.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carambola f (plural carambolas)
- star fruit
- fluke
- double whammy; act of killing two birds with one stone
- (snooker, pool, billiards) cannon
- (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.
Related terms edit
- carambolo (tree)
Further reading edit
- “carambola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014