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papaya

See also: Papaya and papàyā

English

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Unripe papaya fruits

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • IPA(key): /pəˈpaɪə/, /pəˈpɑːjə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə, -ɑːjə

Noun

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papaya (plural papayas)

  1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
  2. The fruit of this tree.
    • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 135:
      It was that image, its practical mundanity, the preparation of fruit I have seen you do a thousand times, the spoon gliding along the papaya’s flesh-orange core, a slush of black seeds plopping into the steel sink, that made it unbearable.
  3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
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Synonyms

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  • pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree/fruit.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Further reading

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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈpaja/ [paˈpa.ja]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ya

Noun

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papáya (Basahan spelling ᜉᜉᜌ)

  1. papaya
    Synonym: tapayas

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈpaʝa/, [paˈpa.ʝa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ya

Noun

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papaya

  1. papaya

Eastern Bontoc

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Noun

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papaya

  1. papaya

Karao

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

Noun

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papaya

  1. papaya

Spanish

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A papaya sliced lengthwise.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Cariban/Lokono papáia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʝa/ [paˈpa.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈpaʃa/ [paˈpa.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʒa/ [paˈpa.ʒa]

Noun

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papaya f (plural papayas)

  1. papaya (fruit)
    Synonyms: lechoza, (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Paraguay) lechosa, mamón
  2. (Cuba, slang, euphemistic) vagina (likely from the shape of the fruit when sliced in half lengthwise: see image)
  3. (Colombia, slang) opportunity

Usage notes

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  • Cubans typically call the papaya fruit fruta bomba instead, reserving the word papaya for its slang sense.

Adjective

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papaya m or f (masculine and feminine plural papayas)

  1. (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, slang) easy
    Synonym: fácil

Descendants

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Descendants
  • > Chavacano: papaya (inherited)
  • → English: papaya
  • → English: pawpaw
  • → Karao: papaya
  • → Macedonian: папаја (papaja)
  • → Russian: папайя (papajja)
  • → Swahili: papai
  • → Tagalog: papaya
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: papöya
  • → Zacatepec Chatino: papàyā

Further reading

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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papaya c

  1. papaya (fruit and tree)

Declension

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Declension of papaya
nominative genitive
singular indefinite papaya papayas
definite papayan papayans
plural indefinite papayor papayors
definite papayorna papayornas

References

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Tagalog

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Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Compare Pangasinan apayas and Kapampangan kapaya.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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papaya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜌ)

  1. papaya

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Noun

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papaya

  1. accusative singular of papa

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Noun

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papaya

  1. papaya.
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