citron

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• /ˈsɪtɹən/
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• obsolete: /ˈsɪtəɹn/
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• homophone: citrine (General American)
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• homophone: Citroën (UK)
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Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology).

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kellanvihreä — greenish yellow colour
• French: jaune citron — greenish yellow colour
• French: citron — greenish yellow colour
• Portuguese: amarelo-limão — greenish yellow colour
• Russian: лимонно-жёлтый (limonno-žóltyj) — greenish yellow colour
• Arabic: تُرُنْج (turunj) — tree
• Bulgarian: цитрон (citron) — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 枸櫞 /枸橼 (jǔyuán) — tree
• Dutch: sukadeboom — tree
• Finnish: sukaattisitruuna — tree
• French: cédratier — tree
• Galician: cidreira — tree
• Greek: κιτριά (kitriá) — tree
• Ancient Greek: κιτρέα (kitréa) — tree
• Irish: crann ciotrón — tree
• Irish: ciotrón — tree
• Japanese: 枸櫞 (kuen) — tree
• Kannada: ಹೇರಳೆ (hēraḷe) — tree
• Central Kurdish: باروونە (barûne) — tree
• Malayalam: വള്ളിനാരകം (vaḷḷinārakaṁ) — tree
• Persian: بالنگ (bâlang) — tree
• Persian: بادرنگ (bâdrang) — tree
• Persian: ترنگان (torangân) — tree
• Polish: cedrat — tree
• Polish: cytron — tree
• Portuguese: cidreira — tree
• Romanian: chitru — tree
• Russian: цитрон (citron) — tree
• Telugu: దబ్బ (dabba) — tree
• Telugu: ఫలపూరము (phalapūramu) — tree
• Telugu: ఫలపూరకము (phalapūrakamu) — tree
• Telugu: మాదీఫలము (mādīphalamu) — tree
• Turkish: ağaç kavunu — tree
• Arabic: تُرُنْج (turunj) — fruit
• Armenian: կիտրոն (kitron) — fruit
• Assamese: বিৰা-জৰা (bira-zora) — fruit
• Bengali: জামির (jamir) — fruit
• Bengali: লেবু (lebu) — fruit
• Bengali: লেম্বু (lembu) — fruit
• Bulgarian: сладък лимон (sladǎk limon) — fruit
• Bulgarian: цитро́н (citrón) — fruit
• Catalan: poncem — fruit
• Catalan: poncir — fruit
• Catalan: naronja — fruit
• Chinese Cantonese: 枸櫞 /枸橼 (geoi2 jyun4) — fruit
• Chinese Cantonese: 香櫞 /香橼 (hoeng1 jyun4) — fruit
• Hakka Chinese: 枸櫞 /枸橼 (kiéu-yèn) — fruit
• Hakka Chinese: 香櫞 /香橼 (hiông-yèn) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 枸櫞 /枸橼 (jǔyuán) — fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 香櫞 /香橼 (xiāngyuán) — fruit
• Czech: cedrát — fruit
• Danish: cedrat — fruit
• Esperanto: cedrato — fruit
• Finnish: sukaattisitruuna — fruit
• French: cédrat — fruit
• North Frisian: sitronaatsitroon — fruit
• Galician: cidra — fruit
• Greek: κίτρο (kítro) — fruit
• Ancient Greek: κίτρον (kítron) — fruit
• Ancient Greek: κίτριον (kítrion) — fruit
• Ancient Greek: μηλοκίτριον (mēlokítrion) — fruit
• Hebrew: אתרוג (etrog) — fruit
• Hindi: चकोतरा (cakotrā) — fruit
• Icelandic: súkkatsítróna — fruit
• Ido: cedrato — fruit
• Irish: ciotrón — fruit
• Italian: cedro — fruit
• Italian: lumia — fruit
• Japanese: 枸櫞 (kuen) — fruit
• Kannada: ಹೇರಳೆ (hēraḷe) — fruit
• Central Kurdish: باروونە (barûne) — fruit
• Ladino: etrog — fruit
• Maltese: tronġa — fruit
• Norwegian: sukatsitron — fruit
• Persian: بالنگ (bâlang) — fruit
• Persian: بادرنگ (bâdrang) — fruit
• Polish: cedrat — fruit
• Polish: cytron — fruit
• Portuguese: cidra — fruit
• Punjabi: ਗਲਗਲ (galgal) — fruit
• Romanian: chitră — fruit
• Romanian: chitru — fruit
• Russian: цитро́н (citrón) — fruit
• Russian: сла́дкий лимо́н (sládkij limón) — fruit
• Swedish: suckatcitron — fruit
• Swedish: cedrat — fruit
• Swedish: sötcitron — fruit
• Tamil: நார்த்தங்காய் (nārttaṅkāy) — fruit
• Telugu: దబ్బ (dabba) — fruit
• Telugu: ఫలపూరము (phalapūramu) — fruit
• Telugu: ఫలపూరకము (phalapūrakamu) — fruit
• Telugu: మాదీఫలము (mādīphalamu) — fruit
• Turkish: ağaç kavunu — fruit
• Welsh: sitron — fruit
• Yiddish: אתרוג (esreg) — fruit
• Danish: sukat — candied rind
• Finnish: sukaatti — candied rind
• Russian: цукаты (cukaty) — candied rind