adj
Meaning 1
Of a deep yellow colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gamboge
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɡæmˈbuːʒ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈbəʊʒ/
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General-American: /ɡæmˈbuʒ/
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General-American: /-ˈboʊʒ/
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rhymes with -uːʒ
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cambogia
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The resin of the gamboge tree; a preparation of the resin used as a pigment or for medicinal purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
A deep yellow colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
a strong yellow color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lemon, lemon yellow, maize
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: yellow, yellowness
noun
Meaning 6
a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: gum resin
History
Etymology
From New Latin gambogium, cambogium (“resin from trees used to make yellow dye”), from New Latin Gambogia, Cambogia (“Cambodia”). The Latin word was first attested in English as a colour in 1634. Doublet of Cambodia and Kampuchea.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: gumigutowy — of a deep yellow colour
- Finnish: mangostani — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Finnish: mangostanipuu — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Ido: gumiguto — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Polish: mangostan — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Spanish: gomaguta — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Spanish: guta — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Spanish: gutagamba — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Tamil: பச்சிலை (paccilai) — tree of the genus Garcinia
- Chinese Mandarin: 藤黄 (ténghuáng) — resin of the gamboge tree
- Finnish: kumigutta — resin of the gamboge tree
- French: gomme-gutte — resin of the gamboge tree
- French: résine gutte — resin of the gamboge tree
- French: jaune du Cambodge — resin of the gamboge tree
- German: Gamboge — resin of the gamboge tree
- German: Gummigutt — resin of the gamboge tree
- German: Gummigutta — resin of the gamboge tree
- German: Gutti — resin of the gamboge tree
- Ido: gumiguto — resin of the gamboge tree
- Italian: gommagutta — resin of the gamboge tree
- Japanese: 雌黄 (shiō) — resin of the gamboge tree
- Persian: ملماز (malmâz) — resin of the gamboge tree
- Polish: gumiguta — resin of the gamboge tree
- Russian: гуммигут (gummigut) — resin of the gamboge tree
- Slovak: gumiguta — resin of the gamboge tree
- Swedish: gummigutta — resin of the gamboge tree
- Turkish: Hint zamkı — resin of the gamboge tree
- Ukrainian: гумігу́т (humihút) — resin of the gamboge tree
- Afrikaans: gommagutta — deep yellow colour
- Italian: gommagutta — deep yellow colour
- Japanese: 雌黄色 (shiōshoku) — deep yellow colour
- Persian: ملماز (malmâz) — deep yellow colour
- Polish: gumiguta — deep yellow colour