Standard Lemma guide

loquat

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈloʊkwɑt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkwɒt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L OW1 K W AA2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of species Eriobotrya japonica of trees (Japanese medlar, Chinese plum, Japanese plum).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fruit of this tree, which is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Japan plum

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Japanese plum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible fruit

4

noun

Meaning 4

evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: loquat tree, Japanese medlar, Japanese plum, Eriobotrya japonica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit tree

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 盧橘 /卢橘 (lou4 gwat1).

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mushmollë vere — fruit
  • Arabic: بَشْمَلَة (bašmala) — fruit
  • Arabic: أَسْكِيدُنْيَا (ʔaskīdunyā) — fruit
  • Arabic: إِسْكِدُنْيَا (ʔiskidunyā) — fruit
  • Arabic: إِكِّيدُنْيَا (ʔikkīdunyā) — fruit
  • Arabic: إِكِيدُنْيَا (ʔikīdunyā) — fruit
  • Arabic: مزاح (mzāḥ) — fruit
  • Tunisian Arabic: بُوصَاع (būsā') — fruit
  • Armenian: ճապոնական զկեռ (čaponakan zkeṙ) — fruit
  • Armenian: նորաշխարհ (norašxarh) — fruit
  • Atayal: gitu — fruit
  • Bulgarian: японска мушмула (japonska mušmula) — fruit
  • Bunun: litu — fruit
  • Catalan: nespra del Japó — fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 枇杷 (pei4 paa4) — fruit
  • Chinese: 枇杷 (zh-min-nan) — fruit
  • Chinese: 夏糜 (hē-bôe) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 枇杷 (pípá) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘆橘 /芦橘 (lújú) — fruit
  • Czech: lokvát — fruit
  • Czech: japonské mišpule — fruit
  • Finnish: japaninmispeli — fruit
  • French: bibace — fruit
  • French: nèfle du Japon — fruit
  • Galician: néspera — fruit
  • Georgian: მუშმულა (mušmula) — fruit
  • Georgian: იაპონური ზღმარტლი (iaṗonuri zɣmarṭli) — fruit
  • Georgian: ლოქვა (lokva) — fruit
  • German: Wollmispel — fruit
  • Greek: μούσμουλο (moúsmoulo) — fruit
  • Hawaiian: loukuaka — fruit
  • Hebrew: שסק (shések) — fruit
  • Hindi: लोकाट (lokāṭ) — fruit
  • Hindi: जापानी फल (jāpānī phal) — fruit
  • Hungarian: japánnaspolya — fruit
  • Indonesian: biwa — fruit
  • Irish: locuat — fruit
  • Italian: nespola — fruit
  • Japanese: 枇杷 (biwa) — fruit
  • Korean: 비파 (bipa) — fruit
  • Ladino: míshpola — fruit
  • Ladino: eshkidunya — fruit
  • Laz: ნოღაწილიმუნტრი (noğaǯilimunťri) — fruit
  • Macedonian: мушмула (mušmula) — fruit
  • Malagasy: bibasy — fruit
  • Maltese: naspli — fruit
  • Manchu: ᡦᡳᡦᡠᡵᡳ (pipuri) — fruit
  • Māori: rokuata — fruit
  • Paiwan: itju — fruit
  • Polish: owoc nieśplika japońskiego — fruit
  • Portuguese: nêspera — fruit
  • Rapa Nui: 'avaota — fruit
  • Russian: мушмула́ (mušmulá) — fruit
  • Russian: ло́ква (lókva) — fruit
  • Spanish: níspero japonés — fruit
  • Turkish: Malta eriği — fruit
  • Turkish: yenidünya — fruit
  • Turkish: muşmula — fruit
  • Uyghur: چارتال (chartal) — fruit
  • Vietnamese: nhót tây — fruit
  • Catalan: nesprer del Japó — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 枇杷樹 /枇杷树 (pípashù) — tree
  • Czech: lokvát japonský — tree
  • Czech: mišpulník japonský — tree
  • Finnish: japaninmispeli — tree
  • French: néflier du Japon — tree
  • French: bibacier — tree
  • Galician: nespereira — tree
  • German: Loquat — tree
  • Greek: μουσμουλιά (mousmouliá) — tree
  • Indonesian: biwa — tree
  • Irish: crann locuataí — tree
  • Italian: nespolo — tree
  • Japanese: 枇杷 (biwa) — tree
  • Laz: მუში (muşi) — tree
  • Laz: მუშმულლა (muşmulla) — tree
  • Manchu: ᡦᡳᡦᡠᡵᡳ ᠮᠣᡠ (pipuri mou) — tree
  • Māori: rokuata — tree
  • Polish: nieśplik japoński — tree
  • Portuguese: nespereira — tree
  • Spanish: níspero japonés — tree
  • Swedish: japansk mispel — tree
  • Turkish: muşmula — tree
  • Turkish: Malta eriği — tree