lemon

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• /ˈlɛmɪn/
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Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime. The fandom sense is named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon.

337 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лимонов (limonov) — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Finnish: sitruunan makuinen — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• German: compounds with Zitrone — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Greek: λεμονί (lemoní) — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Polish: cytrynowy — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Portuguese: limoado — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Slovak: citrónový — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Slovene: limonin — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Slovene: limonov — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Swahili: ndimu — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Swedish: compounds with citron — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Telugu: నిమ్మ (nimma) — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Vietnamese: (có) vị chanh (flavor) — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Vietnamese: (mùi) chanh (scent) — having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
• Danish: citrongul — having the colour/color of lemons
• Dutch: citroengele — having the colour/color of lemons
• Estonian: sidrunkollane — having the colour/color of lemons
• Finnish: sitruunankeltainen — having the colour/color of lemons
• Finnish: sitruunan värinen — having the colour/color of lemons
• French: jaune citron — having the colour/color of lemons
• German: zitronengelb — having the colour/color of lemons
• Greek: λεμονί (lemoní) — having the colour/color of lemons
• Latvian: citrondzeltens — having the colour/color of lemons
• Pannonian Rusyn: лимункови (limunkovi) — having the colour/color of lemons
• Polish: cytrynowy — having the colour/color of lemons
• Portuguese: limonado — having the colour/color of lemons
• Portuguese: limoado — having the colour/color of lemons
• Portuguese: alimonado — having the colour/color of lemons
• Portuguese: alimoado — having the colour/color of lemons
• Romanian: galben-verziu — having the colour/color of lemons
• Spanish: limonado — having the colour/color of lemons
• Spanish: limón — having the colour/color of lemons
• Swahili: ndimu — having the colour/color of lemons
• Swedish: citrongul — having the colour/color of lemons
• Vietnamese: màu chanh — having the colour/color of lemons
• Afrikaans: suurlemoen — citrus fruit
• Albanian: limon — citrus fruit
• Arabic: لَيْمُون (laymūn) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: لمون (lamūn) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: ليمون (laymūn) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: حامض (ḥāmeḍ) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: حامضة (ḥāmḍa) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: حامُض (ḥāmoḍ) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: ليمون (lēmūn) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: لمون (lamūn, laymūn, lemūn) — citrus fruit
• Arabic: حامض (ḥāmeḍ) — citrus fruit
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܝܼܡܘܼܢܵܐ (līmuna) — citrus fruit
• Armenian: կիտրոն (kitron) — citrus fruit
• Armenian: լիմոն (limon) — citrus fruit
• Assamese: নেমু (nemu) — citrus fruit
• Assamese: নেমু-টেঙা (nemu-teṅa) — citrus fruit
• Asturian: llimón — citrus fruit
• Azerbaijani: limon — citrus fruit
• South Azerbaijani: لیمو (limu/lumu) — citrus fruit
• Basque: limoi — citrus fruit
• Belarusian: лімо́н (limón) — citrus fruit
• Belarusian: цытры́на (cytrýna) — citrus fruit
• Bengali: লেবু (lebu) — citrus fruit
• Bhojpuri: नींबू (nīmbū) — citrus fruit
• Breton: sitron — citrus fruit
• Breton: sitronoù — citrus fruit
• Breton: suraval — citrus fruit
• Breton: suravaloù — citrus fruit
• Bulgarian: лимо́н (limón) — citrus fruit
• Burmese: ရှောက် (hrauk) — citrus fruit
• Burmese: သံပရို (sampa.rui) — citrus fruit
• Catalan: llimona — citrus fruit
• Cherokee: ᎵᎹᏂ (limani) — citrus fruit
• Chichewa: ndimu — citrus fruit
• Chinese Cantonese: 檸檬 /柠檬 (ning4 mung1) — citrus fruit
• Hakka Chinese: 檸檬 /柠檬 (lê-móng) — citrus fruit
• Chinese: 檸檬 /柠檬 (zh-min-nan) — citrus fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 檸檬 /柠檬 (níngméng) — citrus fruit
• Cornish: lymmaval — citrus fruit
• Czech: citrón — citrus fruit
• Czech: citron — citrus fruit
• Danish: citron — citrus fruit
• Dhivehi: ގޮމަށި (gomaṣi) — citrus fruit
• Dutch: citroen — citrus fruit
• Dzongkha: ཧུམ་ཅུང (hum cung) — citrus fruit
• East Frisian Low German: tsiitrôon — citrus fruit
• Esperanto: citrono — citrus fruit
• Estonian: sidrun — citrus fruit
• Ewe: mumue — citrus fruit
• Faroese: sitrón — citrus fruit
• Fijian: moli karokaro — citrus fruit
• Finnish: sitruuna — citrus fruit
• French: citron — citrus fruit
• North Frisian: Sitroon — citrus fruit
• North Frisian: siitroon — citrus fruit
• West-Frisian: sitroen — citrus fruit
• Galician: limón — citrus fruit
• Galician: cidrón — citrus fruit
• Georgian: ლიმონი (limoni) — citrus fruit
• German: Zitrone — citrus fruit
• German: Zitroone — citrus fruit
• Greek: λεμόνι (lemóni) — citrus fruit
• Mariupol Greek: лемо́н (ljemón) — citrus fruit
• Gujarati: લીંબુ (lī̃bu) — citrus fruit
• Hawaiian: lemi — citrus fruit
• Hebrew: לִימוֹן (limón) — citrus fruit
• Hindi: नींबू (nīmbū) — citrus fruit
• Hindi: नीबू (nībū) — citrus fruit
• White Hmong: txiv qaub — citrus fruit
• Hungarian: citrom — citrus fruit
• Hunsrik: Zitron — citrus fruit
• Icelandic: sítróna — citrus fruit
• Ido: citrono — citrus fruit
• Indonesian: jeruk sitrun — citrus fruit
• Indonesian: jeruk lemon — citrus fruit
• Irish: líomóid — citrus fruit
• Italian: limone — citrus fruit
• Japanese: 檸檬 (remon) — citrus fruit
• Japanese: レモン (remon) — citrus fruit
• Javanese: jeruk — citrus fruit
• Kalmyk: нимбә (nimbä) — citrus fruit
• Kannada: ಇಲಿಮಿಂಚಿ (ilimiñci) — citrus fruit
• Kannada: ನಿಂಬೆ (nimbe) — citrus fruit
• Karelian: limoni — citrus fruit
• Kazakh: лимон (limon) — citrus fruit
• Khmer: ក្រូចឆ្មារ (krooc cmaa) — citrus fruit
• Korean: 레몬 (remon) — citrus fruit
• Central Kurdish: لیمۆ (lîmo) — citrus fruit
• Northern Kurdish: lîmon — citrus fruit
• Kyrgyz: лимон (limon) — citrus fruit
• Lao: ຫມາກນາວ (māk nāo) — citrus fruit
• Latin: limon — citrus fruit
• Latvian: citrons — citrus fruit
• Lithuanian: citrina — citrus fruit
• Luxembourgish: Zitroun — citrus fruit
• Macedonian: ли́мон (límon) — citrus fruit
• Macedonian: colloq. цитро́н (citrón) — citrus fruit
• Malagasy: voasary — citrus fruit
• Malay: jeruk — citrus fruit
• Malay: limau — citrus fruit
• Malayalam: ചെറുനാരങ്ങ (ceṟunāraṅṅa) — citrus fruit
• Malayalam: നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa) — citrus fruit
• Maltese: lumija — citrus fruit
• Manx: limon — citrus fruit
• Manx: limonagh — citrus fruit
• Māori: rēmana — citrus fruit
• Marathi: लिंबू (limbū) — citrus fruit
• Mauritian Creole: limon — citrus fruit
• Megleno-Romanian: limonă — citrus fruit
• Middle English: lymon — citrus fruit
• Mongolian: нимбэг (nimbeg) — citrus fruit
• Mongolian: лимон (limon) — citrus fruit
• Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠮᠪᠡᠭᠡ (nimbege) — citrus fruit
• Mongolian: ᠯᠢᠮᠣᠨ (limon) — citrus fruit
• Navajo: chʼil łitsooí díkʼǫ́zhígíí — citrus fruit
• Nepali: निम्बू (nimbū) — citrus fruit
• Norman: limaon — citrus fruit
• Norman: limon — citrus fruit
• Norwegian Bokmål: sitron — citrus fruit
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sitron — citrus fruit
• Occitan: citron — citrus fruit
• Odia: ଲେମୁ (lemu) — citrus fruit
• Pannonian Rusyn: лимун (limun) — citrus fruit
• Pela: khjaŋ55 thui35 ʃɿ31 — citrus fruit
• Persian: لیمون (limun) — citrus fruit
• Persian: لیمو (limu) — citrus fruit
• Piedmontese: limon — citrus fruit
• Plautdietsch: Zitroon — citrus fruit
• Polish: cytryna — citrus fruit
• Portuguese: limão — citrus fruit
• Portuguese: limão siciliano — citrus fruit
• Punjabi: ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū) — citrus fruit
• Romanian: lămâie — citrus fruit
• Romansh: citrona — citrus fruit
• Russian: лимо́н (limón) — citrus fruit
• Samoan: moli tipolo — citrus fruit
• Sanskrit: निम्बू (nimbū) — citrus fruit
• Scots: leemon — citrus fruit
• Scottish Gaelic: liomaid — citrus fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: ли̏мӯн — citrus fruit
• Serbo-Croatian: lȉmūn — citrus fruit
• Sicilian: limiuni — citrus fruit
• Sicilian: lumìa — citrus fruit
• Sindhi: ليم (lem) — citrus fruit
• Sinhalese: රට දෙහි (raṭa dehi) — citrus fruit
• Slovak: citrón — citrus fruit
• Slovene: limona — citrus fruit
• Somali: liindhanaan — citrus fruit
• Spanish: limón — citrus fruit
• Spanish: citrón — citrus fruit
• Swahili: ndimu — citrus fruit
• Swahili: limau — citrus fruit
• Swedish: citron — citrus fruit
• Sylheti: ꠟꠦꠝ꠆ꠛꠥ (lembu) — citrus fruit
• Tajik: лиму (limu) — citrus fruit
• Tajik: лимон (limon) — citrus fruit
• Tajik: лимӯ (limü) — citrus fruit
• Tamil: எலுமிச்சம் பழம் (elumiccam paḻam) — citrus fruit
• Tamil: எலுமிச்சை (elumiccai) — citrus fruit
• Taos: lìmunéna — citrus fruit
• Tatar: лимон (limon) — citrus fruit
• Telugu: నిమ్మకాయ (nimmakāya) — citrus fruit
• Tetum: derok — citrus fruit
• Thai: มะนาว (má-naao) — citrus fruit
• Tibetan: ལེ་མོན — citrus fruit
• Tigrinya: ለሚን (lämin) — citrus fruit
• Tongan: moli lemani — citrus fruit
• Tongan: lemani — citrus fruit
• Tsonga: xikwavava — citrus fruit
• Tumbuka: ndimu — citrus fruit
• Tumbuka: zobala — citrus fruit
• Turkish: limon — citrus fruit
• Turkish: cıcık — citrus fruit
• Turkish: suluzırtlak — citrus fruit
• Turkish: zıvrak — citrus fruit
• Ottoman Turkish: لیمون (limon) — citrus fruit
• Turkmen: limon — citrus fruit
• Ukrainian: лимо́н (lymón) — citrus fruit
• Ukrainian: цитри́на (cytrýna) — citrus fruit
• Urdu: نیبو (nībū) — citrus fruit
• Uyghur: لىمون (limon) — citrus fruit
• Uzbek: limon — citrus fruit
• Vietnamese: chanh — citrus fruit
• Welsh: lemon — citrus fruit
• Welsh: lemwn — citrus fruit
• Winnebago: wažązi teek — citrus fruit
• Winnebago: wažązixųnųįk — citrus fruit
• Wolof: limoŋ — citrus fruit
• Yiddish: לימענע (limene) — citrus fruit
• Yiddish: ציטראָן (tsitron) — citrus fruit
• Zhuang: makningzmungx — citrus fruit
• Zhuang: makcengz — citrus fruit
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ ܕܠܝܼܡܘܼܢܵܐ (īlana d-līmuna) — tree
• Armenian: կիտրոն (kitron) — tree
• Armenian: լիմոն (limon) — tree
• Assamese: নেমু গছ (nemu gos) — tree
• Asturian: llimonal — tree
• Basque: limoiondo — tree
• Bengali: লেবু গাছ (lebu gach) — tree
• Bulgarian: лимон (limon) — tree
• Catalan: llimoner — tree
• Catalan: llimonera — tree
• Chamicuro: enopi — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 檸檬樹 /柠檬树 (níngméngshù) — tree
• Czech: citroník — tree
• Dutch: citroenboom — tree
• Esperanto: citronarbo — tree
• Ewe: mumueti — tree
• Finnish: sitruunapuu — tree
• French: citronnier — tree
• Galician: limoeiro — tree
• Galician: cidreira — tree
• German: Zitronenbaum — tree
• German: Zitrone — tree
• Greek: λεμονιά (lemoniá) — tree
• Hindi: नीबू (nībū) — tree
• Italian: limone — tree
• Kalmyk: нимбә (nimbä) — tree
• Korean: 레몬 (remon) — tree
• Korean: 레몬나무 (remonnamu) — tree
• Macedonian: ли́мон (límon) — tree
• Malayalam: ചെറുനാരകം (ceṟunārakaṁ) — tree
• Malayalam: നാരകം (nārakaṁ) — tree
• Maltese: lumija — tree
• Marathi: लिंबू (limbū) — tree
• Nahuatl: limoncuahuitl — tree
• Norman: limongni — tree
• Pannonian Rusyn: лимун (limun) — tree
• Polish: drzewo cytrynowe — tree
• Polish: cytryna — tree
• Portuguese: limoeiro — tree
• Romanian: lămâi — tree
• Russian: лимо́н (limón) — tree
• Northern Sami: sitrovdna — tree
• Slovene: limonovec — tree
• Spanish: limonero — tree
• Spanish: limón — tree
• Swahili: mdimu — tree
• Swedish: citronträd — tree
• Swedish: citron — tree
• Tamil: எலுமிச்சை (elumiccai) — tree
• Tatar: лимон (limon) — tree
• Turkish: limon — tree
• Turkish: limon ağacı — tree
• Vietnamese: chanh — tree
• Dutch: kat in de zak — defective item
• Finnish: susi — defective item
• Finnish: maanantaikappale — defective item
• French: chiotte — defective item
• French: citron — defective item
• Georgian: ბრაკი (braḳi) — defective item
• German: Gurke — defective item
• German: Krücke — defective item
• Greek: αποτυχία (apotychía) — defective item
• Polish: rzęch — defective item
• Portuguese: porcaria — defective item
• Russian: фуфло́ (fufló) — defective item
• Spanish: maula — defective item
• Spanish: porquería — defective item
• Swahili: ndimu — defective item
• Swedish: måndagsexemplar — defective item
• Turkish: dandik — defective item
• Bulgarian: лимо́нов (limónov) — colour/color
• Catalan: llimona — colour/color
• Dutch: citroengeel — colour/color
• Finnish: sitruunankeltainen — colour/color
• French: jaune citron — colour/color
• Galician: limón — colour/color
• German: Zitronengelb — colour/color
• German: Zitroonegääl — colour/color
• Greek: λεμονί (lemoní) — colour/color
• Hungarian: citromsárga — colour/color
• Irish: buí líomóide — colour/color
• Japanese: 檸檬色 (remoniro) — colour/color
• Korean: 레몬색 (remonsaek) — colour/color
• Latvian: citrondzeltena krāsa — colour/color
• Macedonian: ли́монов (límonov) — colour/color
• Marathi: लिंबू (limbū) — colour/color
• Polish: cytrynowy — colour/color
• Portuguese: limão — colour/color
• Spanish: limón — colour/color
• Swahili: ndimu — colour/color
• Swedish: citrongul — colour/color
• Tamil: பழுப்பு (paḻuppu) — colour/color
• Turkish: limon rengi — colour/color
• Turkish: limoni — colour/color
• Vietnamese: vàng canh — colour/color
• Bulgarian: лимо́нов (limónov) — taste
• Catalan: llimona — taste
• Danish: citronsmag — taste
• Dutch: citroensmaak — taste
• Finnish: sitruuna — taste
• Finnish: sitruunan maku — taste
• Galician: limón — taste
• Japanese: レモン味 (remon aji) — taste
• Macedonian: ли́монов (límonov) — taste
• Norwegian Bokmål: sitronsmak — taste
• Polish: cytrynowy — taste
• Portuguese: limão — taste
• Spanish: limón — taste
• Swahili: ndimu — taste
• Turkish: limoni — taste