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mangosteen

noun · 5 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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  • US: /ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/
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  • UK: /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːn/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M AE1 NG G OW0 S T IY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.

A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: more specifically

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The tree on which the fruit grows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible fruit

5

noun

Meaning 5

East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mangosteen tree, Garcinia mangostana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit tree

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَانْغُوسْتِين (manḡustīn) — fruit
  • Arabic: مَانْجُوسْتِين (mangustīn) — fruit
  • Arabic: جَوْز جَنْدَم (jawz jandam) — fruit
  • Bengali: ম্যাঙ্গোস্টিন (mêṅgōsṭin) — fruit
  • Burmese: မင်းကွတ် (mang:kwat) — fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 山竹 (saan1 zuk1) — fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 山竹果 (saan1 zuk1 gwo2) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山竹 (shānzhú) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山竹果 (shānzhúguǒ) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 莽吉柿 (mǎngjíshì) — fruit
  • Czech: mangostana lahodná — fruit
  • Czech: mangostan — fruit
  • Danish: mangostan — fruit
  • Dhivehi: މަބުސްތާން (mabustān̊) — fruit
  • Dutch: mangistan — fruit
  • Esperanto: mangostano — fruit
  • Finnish: mangostani — fruit
  • French: mangoustan — fruit
  • French: mangouste — fruit
  • French: brindone — fruit
  • German: Mangostane — fruit
  • Hindi: मेन्गोस्टीन (mengosṭīn) — fruit
  • White Hmong: txiv nplai qij — fruit
  • Hungarian: mangosztán — fruit
  • Indonesian: manggis — fruit
  • Italian: mangostano — fruit
  • Japanese: マンゴスチン (mangosuchin) — fruit
  • Javanese: manngis — fruit
  • Javanese: manggis — fruit
  • Kannada: ಮುರುಗಲ ಹಣ್ಣು (murugala haṇṇu) — fruit
  • Kannada: ಕೋಕಂ (kōkaṃ) — fruit
  • Kannada: ಪುನರ್ಪುಳಿ (punarpuḷi) — fruit
  • Khmer: មង្ឃុត (mɔɔmŭəngkhut) — fruit
  • Korean: 망고스틴 (manggoseutin) — fruit
  • Lao: ມັງຄຸດ (mang khut) — fruit
  • Lao: ຫມາກມັງຄຸດ (māk mang khut) — fruit
  • Malay: manggis — fruit
  • Malay: manggista — fruit
  • Malay: manggistan — fruit
  • Malay: manggustan — fruit
  • Mongolian: хадны дорго (xadny dorgo) — fruit
  • Occitan: mangosta — fruit
  • Occitan: mangostan — fruit
  • Persian: گوز گندم (gowz-e gandom) — fruit
  • Polish: mangostan — fruit
  • Portuguese: mangostão — fruit
  • Portuguese: mangostim — fruit
  • Romanian: mangustan — fruit
  • Russian: мангоста́н (mangostán) — fruit
  • Russian: мангуста́н (mangustán) — fruit
  • Russian: мангустин (mangustin) — fruit
  • Sinhalese: මැංගුස් (mæṁgus) — fruit
  • Sinhalese: මැන්ගුස් (mængus) — fruit
  • Sinhalese: පළතුර (paḷatura) — fruit
  • Spanish: mangostán — fruit
  • Spanish: mangostino — fruit
  • Sundanese: manggu — fruit
  • Swedish: mangostan — fruit
  • Tagalog: manggustan — fruit
  • Tamil: மாங்கிஸ் (māṅkis) — fruit
  • Tamil: மங்குசுத்தான் (maṅkucuttāṉ) — fruit
  • Thai: มังคุด (mang-kút) — fruit
  • Tulu: ಪುನರ್ಪುಳಿ (punarpuḷi) — fruit
  • Ukrainian: мангоста́н (manhostán) — fruit
  • Ukrainian: мангоста́на (manhostána) — fruit
  • Ukrainian: мангуста́н (manhustán) — fruit
  • Vietnamese: măng cụt — fruit