citron

See also: Citron and citrón

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros) (see there for further etymology).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtɹən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtəɹn/
• Homophones: citrine (General American), Citroën (UK)

Noun

citron (countable and uncountable, plural citrons)

1. A greenish yellow colour.

   citron:  

2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
3. The fruit of a citron tree.
4. The candied rind of the citron fruit.

Translations

greenish yellow colour

• Finnish: kellanvihreä
• French: jaune citron (fr), citron (fr)
• Portuguese: amarelo-limão
• Russian: лимонно-жёлтый (limonno-žóltyj)

tree

• Arabic: تُرُنْج m (turunj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 枸櫞／枸橼 (zh) (jǔyuán)

• Dutch: sukadeboom m
• Finnish: sukaattisitruuna (fi)
• French: cédratier (fr) m
• Galician: cidreira (gl) f
• Greek: κιτριά (el) f (kitriá)

  Ancient: κιτρέα f (kitréa)

• Irish: crann ciotrón m, ciotrón m
• Japanese: 枸櫞 (ja) (クエン, kuen)
• Kannada: ಹೇರಳೆ (kn) (hēraḷe)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: باروونە (barûne)

• Middle Persian: [script needed] (wādrang)
• Persian: بالنگ (fa) (bâlang), بادرنگ (fa) (bâdrang), ترنگان (torangân)
• Polish: cedrat m, cytron (pl) m
• Portuguese: cidreira (pt)
• Romanian: chitru (ro) m
• Russian: цитрон (ru) m (citron)
• Telugu: దబ్బ (te) (dabba), ఫలపూరము (te) (phalapūramu), ఫలపూరకము (te) (phalapūrakamu), మాదీఫలము (te) (mādīphalamu)

fruit

• Arabic: تُرُنْج m (turunj)
• Armenian: կիտրոն (hy) (kitron)
• Assamese: বিৰা-জৰা (bira-zora)
• Bengali: জামির (bn) (jamir), লেবু (bn) (lebu), লেম্বু (lembu)
• Bulgarian: сладък лимон m (sladǎk limon)
• Catalan: poncem m, poncir m, naronja (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 枸櫞／枸橼 (geoi² jyun⁴), 香櫞／香橼 (hoeng¹ jyun⁴)

  Hakka: 枸櫞／枸橼 (kiéu-yèn), 香櫞／香橼 (hiông-yèn)

  Mandarin: 枸櫞／枸橼 (zh) (jǔyuán), 香櫞／香橼 (zh) (xiāngyuán), 香水檸檬／香水柠檬 (xiāngshuǐ níngméng)

• Czech: cedrát m
• Danish: cedrat (da)
• Esperanto: cedrato
• Finnish: sukaattisitruuna (fi)
• French: cédrat (fr) m
• Galician: cidra (gl) f
• Greek: κίτρο (el) n (kítro)

  Ancient: κίτρον n (kítron), κίτριον n (kítrion), μηλοκίτριον n (mēlokítrion)

• Hebrew: אתרוג (he) (etrog)
• Hindi: चकोतरा (hi) m (cakotrā)
• Ido: cedrato (io)
• Irish: ciotrón m
• Italian: cedro (it) m, lumia (it) f
• Japanese: 枸櫞 (ja) (クエン, kuen)
• Kannada: ಹೇರಳೆ (kn) (hēraḷe)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: باروونە (barûne)

• Ladino:

  Latin: etrog m

• Maltese: tronġa f
• Middle Persian: [script needed] (wādrang)
• Norwegian: sukatsitron
• Persian: بالنگ (fa) (bâlang), بادرنگ (fa) (bâdrang)
• Polish: cedrat m, cytron (pl) m
• Portuguese: cidra (pt)
• Punjabi: ਗਲਗਲ f (galgal)
• Romanian: chitră (ro) f, chitru (ro) m
• Russian: цитро́н (ru) m (citrón), сла́дкий лимо́н m (sládkij limón)
• Swedish: suckatcitron (sv) c, cedrat c, sötcitron c
• Tamil: நார்த்தங்காய் (ta) (nārttaṅkāy)
• Telugu: దబ్బ (te) (dabba), ఫలపూరము (te) (phalapūramu), ఫలపూరకము (te) (phalapūrakamu), మాదీఫలము (te) (mādīphalamu)
• Welsh: sitron m
• Yiddish: אתרוג m (esreg)

candied rind

• Danish: sukat (da) c
• Finnish: sukaatti (fi)
• Russian: цукаты (ru) f pl (cukaty)

Adjective

citron (comparative more citron, superlative most citron)

1. Of a greenish yellow colour.

Derived terms

• citronetin
• citronin
• citron melon
• citron-throated toucan
• citron wood
• fingered citron
• pome-citron

 

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• cortin

Czech

Alternative forms

• citrón

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪtron]
• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪtroːn]

Noun

citron m inan

1. lemon

Declension

Declension of citron (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	citron	citrony
genitive	citronu	citronů
dative	citronu	citronům
accusative	citron	citrony
vocative	citrone	citrony
locative	citroně, citronu	citronech
instrumental	citronem	citrony

Related terms

• citroník

 

Further reading

• citron in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• citron in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈtroːˀn/, [siˈtˢʁ̥oˀn], [siˈtsʰχoˀn]
• Rhymes: -oːˀn

Noun

citron c (singular definite citronen, plural indefinite citroner)

1. lemon (yellowish citrus fruit; taste or flavor of lemons)

Inflection

Declension of citron

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	citron	citronen	citroner	citronerne
genitive	citrons	citronens	citroners	citronernes

Further reading

• citron on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Esperanto

Noun

citron

1. accusative singular of citro

French

Etymology

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar, juniper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.tʁɔ̃/

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Noun

citron m (plural citrons)

1. lemon
2. lime (citrus)
3. brimstone (butterfly)
4. (colloquial) noggin (head)
5. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)
6. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) East Asian

   Synonym: see Est-Asiatique

   Hyponym: chinetoque

Derived terms

• citron pressé
• citron vert
• citronellal
• citronellol
• citronnade
• citronnat
• citronnelle
• citronner
• citronneraie
• citronnier
• jaune citron
• ne rien avoir dans le citron
• presse-citron
• quercitron
• se presser le citron

Further reading

• “citron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /sɪˈtruːn/

Noun

citron c

1. a lemon

Declension

Declension of citron
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	citron	citronen	citroner	citronerna
Genitive	citrons	citronens	citroners	citronernas

Derived terms

• citronträd
• citronlemonad
• citronsyra