kumquat

See also: Kumquat

English

kumquat fruits

Alternative forms

• cumquat

Etymology

From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam1 gwat1) or 金橘 (gam1 gwat1, literally “golden tangerine”). Related to loquat – same second character.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɒt/
• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

Noun

kumquat (plural kumquats)

1. A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).

Derived terms

• citrangequat (Citrus × georgiana)
• lemonquat (Citrus × japonica)
• limequat (Citrus × floridana)
• mandarinquat (Citrus japonica × Citrus reticulata)
• orangequat
• sunquat (Citrus × japonica)

Related terms

• loquat

Translations

small orange fruit

• Arabic: بُرْتُقَال ذَهَبِيّ‎ m (burtuqāl ḏahabiyy)
• Catalan: cumquat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹)

  Mandarin: 金桔 (jīnjú), 金橘 (zh) (jīnjú)

  Min Nan: 金棗 (kim-tsó), 金桔仔 (kim-kiat-á), 桔仔 (kiat-á), 金柑 (kim-kam)

• Czech: kumquat m, kumkvat m
• Dutch: kumquat (nl) m
• Esperanto: fortunelo, kumkvato
• Finnish: kumkvatti (fi)
• French: kumquat (fr) m
• Galician: kumquat (gl) m
• German: Kumquat (de) m
• Greek: κουμκουάτ (el) n (koumkouát)
• Hawaiian: kamakuaka
• Hebrew: קומקוואט‎ (kumkwat)
• Hungarian: kumkvat (hu), törpemandarin

• Irish: cumcuat m
• Italian: kumquat m, mandarino cinese m
• Japanese: 金柑 (ja) (kinkan), キンカン (kinkan)
• Korean: 금귤 (geumgyul) (金橘 (ko))
• Polish: kumkwat (pl) m
• Portuguese: kumquat m
• Romanian: kumquat n
• Russian: кумква́т (ru) m (kumkvát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кумкват m

  Latin: kumkvat m

• Spanish: kumquat (es) m, quinoto (es) m
• Swedish: kumquat (sv) c
• Thai: ส้มจี๊ด (sôm-jíit)
• Turkish: kamkat (tr), altın portakal, çin portakalı, kamkuat
• Vietnamese: kim quất (金橘), quất (vi) (橘 (vi)), tắc (vi)

References

• kumquat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Citrus japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Citrus japonica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Italian

Noun

kumquat m (invariable)

1. kumquat

Synonyms

• mandarino cinese

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Portuguese

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat (small orange fruit)

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Spanish

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat

   Synonyms: naranjo chino, naranjo enano, quinoto