Phrase guide

date palm

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, whose fruit is the date.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Phoenix dactylifera

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feather palm

History

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Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ተምር (tämər) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Arabic: نَخْلَة (naḵla) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: ܬܡܪܬܐ (tmarṯā) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: ܬܡܪܬܐ (tamrē) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תֵּמַרְתָּא (tmartā) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תּוּמַרְתָּא (tumartā) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תַּמְרֵי (tamrē) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: תַּמְרָא (tamrā) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: תּוּמְרָא (tumrā) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: תמרתה (one) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: תומרתה (one) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: תמרה (multiple) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Aramaic: תומרה (multiple) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Argobba: ትምር (təmər) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Armenian: փյունիկյան արմավենի (pʻyunikyan armaveni) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Bulgarian: фи́никова па́лма (fínikova pálma) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Burmese: စွန်ပလွံ (cwanpa.lwam) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Catalan: palmera datilera — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Cerma: nampuruuŋgu — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棗椰樹 /枣椰树 (zǎoyēshù) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棗樹 /枣树 (zǎoshù) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棗椰子 /枣椰子 (zǎoyēzi) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海棗 /海枣 (hǎizǎo) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mtreɗe — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Crimean Tatar: hurma nehli — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Czech: datlovník — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Danish: daddelpalme — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Dutch: dadelpalm — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Dutch: dadelboom — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Dyula: tamaro — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Esperanto: daktilopalmo — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Estonian: harilik datlipalm — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Estonian: datlipalm — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Finnish: välimerentaateli — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Finnish: taatelipalmu — Phoenix dactylifera
  • French: dattier — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Ge'ez: ተምር (tämr) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Ge'ez: ተመርት (tämärt) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Georgian: ფინიკის პალმა (piniḳis ṗalma) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • German: Dattelpalme — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Gourmanchéma: dabimi — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Gourmanchéma: dabintibu — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Gourmanchéma: dabinfaagu — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Greek: χουρμαδιά (chourmadiá) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Hebrew: תמר (tāmār) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Hindi: खजूर (khajūr) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Hungarian: datolyapálma — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Icelandic: döðlupálmi — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Ido: dateliero — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Irish: pailm dhátaí — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Italian: palma da dattero — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Italian: palma da datteri — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Japanese: 棗椰子 (natsumeyashi) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Japanese: ナツメヤシ (natsumeyashi) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Kasem: zangwɛ-nangurə tiu — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Kashmiri: کھٔزٕر کُل (khạzụr kul) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Korean: 대추야자 (daechuyaja) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Central Kurdish: دار خورما (dar xurma) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Macedonian: датула (datula) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Malayalam: ഈന്തപ്പന (īntappana) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Moore: mak-kɛglga — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Navajo: atʼaʼ yiltʼąąʼí — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Norwegian: daddelpalme — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Persian: خرما (xormâ) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Polish: palma daktylowa — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Polish: daktylowiec — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Portuguese: tamareira — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Punjabi: ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Punjabi: کَھجُور (khajūr) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Romanian: curmal — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Russian: фи́никовая па́льма (fínikovaja pálʹma) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Serbo-Croatian: датула — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Serbo-Croatian: датуља — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Serbo-Croatian: datula — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Serbo-Croatian: datulja — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Slovene: datelj — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Spanish: datilera — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Spanish: palma datilera — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Swahili: mtende — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Swedish: dadelpalm — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Tal: dabino — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Tamil: பேரீச்சை (pērīccai) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Tamil: ஈந்து (īntu) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Tarifit: tiyni — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Telugu: ఖర్జూరం (kharjūraṁ) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Thai: อินทผลัม (in-tá-pà-lam) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Tigre: ተመር (tämär) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Tigre: ተመረት (tämärät) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Tigrinya: ተምሪ (tämri) — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Turkish: hurma — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Uzbek: xoma — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Vame: dəbina — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Vietnamese: chà là — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Volapük: daetep — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Volapük: daetabim — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Walloon: pålmî ås dates — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Welsh: palmwydden ddatys — Phoenix dactylifera
  • Yiddish: טייטלבוים (teytlboym) — Phoenix dactylifera