grapefruit

== English == === Etymology === Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape +‎ fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pomelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning "great citrus [fruit]", due to the size of its fruit. A new pomelo variety might first have been called a "greatfruit" (see greatfruit), and through the process of assimilation, the word came to be pronounced "grapefruit". === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪpfɹuːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪpfɹut/ Hyphenation: grape‧fruit === Noun === grapefruit (countable and uncountable, plural grapefruits or grapefruit) The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of Citrus maxima and sweet orange. The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree. Synonyms: pomelo, shaddock, forbidden fruit (vulgar, usually in the plural) Large breasts; by extension, a woman with large breasts. ==== Synonyms ==== (tree): grapefruit tree; Citrus × paradisi; Citrus sinensis × Citrus grandis, Citrus sinensis × Citrus maxima (breasts): see Thesaurus:breasts ==== Hypernyms ==== fruit citrus ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === grapefruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Citrus paradisi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Citrus paradisi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Category:Grapefruits on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English grapefruit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡreːp.frut/ Hyphenation: grape‧fruit === Noun === grapefruit m (plural grapefruits, diminutive grapefruitje n) grapefruit (tree of the species Citrus paradisi) grapefruit (fruit produced by the tree of the species Citrus paradisi) === See also === pompelmoes == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁa.pə.fʁɥi/ === Noun === grapefruit m (plural grapefruits) (Switzerland) grapefruit Synonym: pamplemousse == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrejpfruːt/, [ˈɡreɪ̯pfruːt] Rhymes: -ejpfruːt === Noun === grapefruit m inan (relational adjective grapefruitový) grapefruit ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “grapefruit”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026