pomelo
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOf uncertain etymology, though possibly a variant of earlier pampelmoes,[1] from French, Dutch, Portuguese sources ultimately equivalent to "thick lemon"[2] or transcribing the Tamil பம்ப ளிமாசு (pampa ḷimācu, “big citrus”). Alternatively, possibly from pome (“apple”) + melon or some cognate; though such a compound is currently unattested, some early variant spellings seem to show influence from pome.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pŏʹməlō, pŭʹməlō, pəmĕʹlō, IPA(key): /ˈpɒmɪləʊ/, /ˈpʌmɪləʊ/, /pəˈmɛləʊ/[1]
- (General American) enPR: pŏʹməlō, IPA(key): /ˈpɑməloʊ/[1]
Noun
editpomelo (plural pomelos or pomeloes)
- The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
- Synonyms: (India) jabong, (South Africa) pampelmoes, (chiefly Caribbean) shaddock, Chinese grapefruit
- The tree which produces this fruit.
- (US, Caribbean, historical) The grapefruit.
- 1888, Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, page 78:
- SHADDOCK, AND POMELO, OR GRAPE-FRUIT. (Citrus aurantium decumana.*) The cultivation of these fruits is extendiug gradually, especially of the pomelo, which is a first-class marketable fruit, very valuable in the spring and early summer.
- 1891, Bulletin No. 1-10, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, page 79:
- Pomelo.* — Much larger than an orange and smaller than a shaddock; a delicious fruit, preferred by many to the orange. Skin smooth, pale yellow; subacid. The membrane dividing the pulp is bitter, and must be removed before eating the pulp. Also called "grape-fruit" from its habit of growing in clusters.
- 1891 March, R M Lelong, “From Seed to Grove”, in The Great Southwest, page 3:
- POMELO (syn. grape fruit).—A variety of shaddock; fruit very large, from two to five pounds each, pale yellow, resembling the citron; skin smooth; pulp sub-acid. / SHADDOCK.—Tree inclined to be dwarf; fruit very large, with smooth skin, pale yellow and very glossy; the rind is very thick and spongy, and very bitter; ornamental only
- 1904, Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith, Farmer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture, page 241:
- Pomelo (Citrus decumana) — The commercial term grape fruit is synonymous with pomelo, while shaddock, a term sometimes reserved for these fruits, is more properly applied to a large pyriform or necked variety of the pomelo. This variety sometimes reaches a weight of 15 pounds or more. Within the last few years the smaller pomelo has become very popular in Northern markets and extensive orchards are being rapidly set out in Florida, which is the state of largest production. The pomelo is somewhat larger than the orange and of a pale yellow color.
- 1911, Good Housekeeping Magazine, page 106:
- The pomelo has unfortunately been marketed under the name “grape-fruit,” and it is doubtful whether the correct name, pomelo, will ever displace the trade name.
Synonyms
edit- (grapefruit): See grapefruit
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → French: pomélo, pomelo
- → German: Pomelo
- → Italian: pomelo
- → Polish: pomelo
- → Portuguese: pomelo
- → Spanish: pomelo
Translations
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References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “pomelo, n.”, in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ “pampelmoes, n.”, in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Further reading
editAnagrams
editDutch
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpomelo m (plural pomelo's, diminutive pomelootje n)
- (chiefly Belgium) pomelo (fruit of the tree Citrus maxima)
- cross between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and grapefruit (Citrus ×paradisi), typically with green peel but bigger and sweeter than grapefruit
Finnish
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editNoun
editpomelo
Declension
editInflection of pomelo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pomelo | pomelot | |
genitive | pomelon | pomelojen pomeloiden pomeloitten | |
partitive | pomeloa | pomeloja pomeloita | |
illative | pomeloon | pomeloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pomelo | pomelot | |
accusative | nom. | pomelo | pomelot |
gen. | pomelon | ||
genitive | pomelon | pomelojen pomeloiden pomeloitten | |
partitive | pomeloa | pomeloja pomeloita | |
inessive | pomelossa | pomeloissa | |
elative | pomelosta | pomeloista | |
illative | pomeloon | pomeloihin | |
adessive | pomelolla | pomeloilla | |
ablative | pomelolta | pomeloilta | |
allative | pomelolle | pomeloille | |
essive | pomelona | pomeloina | |
translative | pomeloksi | pomeloiksi | |
abessive | pomelotta | pomeloitta | |
instructive | — | pomeloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “pomelo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpomelo m (plural pomelos)
- Alternative spelling of pomélo
Further reading
edit- “pomelo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editNoun
editpomelo m (plural pomelos)
Italian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpomelo m (plural pomeli)
Further reading
edit- pomelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
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editNoun
editpomelo n (indeclinable)
- pomelo (fruit)
- Synonyms: pomarańcza olbrzymia, szadok
- pomelo (tree)
- Synonyms: pomarańcza olbrzymia, szadok
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.
Noun
editpomelo m (plural pomelos)
- pomelo (large citric fruit native to southeast Asia)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpomelo m (plural pomelos)
- pomelo
- grapefruit
- Synonym: toronja
Further reading
edit- “pomelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /poˈmelo/ [poˈmɛː.lo]
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: po‧me‧lo
Noun
editpomelo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜋᜒᜎᜓ)
Further reading
edit- “pomelo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- English terms with unknown etymologies
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- English 3-syllable words
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- en:Citrus subfamily plants
- en:Fruits
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- Belgian Dutch
- nl:Fruits
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
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- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/omelo
- Rhymes:Finnish/omelo/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- French 3-syllable words
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- fr:Fruits
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- gl:Fruits
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlo
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- Italian lemmas
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- it:Citrus subfamily plants
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛlɔ
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- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Citrus subfamily plants
- pl:Fruits
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- Rhymes:Spanish/elo
- Rhymes:Spanish/elo/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish countable nouns
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- es:Fruits
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/elo
- Rhymes:Tagalog/elo/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Fruits