medlar

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdlə/
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• General-American: /ˈmɛdlɚ/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈmedlɘ/
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• homophone: meddler
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• CMU ARPABET: M EH1 D L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespilā. Displaced Old English openærs (“open-arse”) (and similar names, from anatomical comparison).

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: а-ба́цә (a-bácw) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Abkhaz: а-мушмула (a-muŝmula) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Albanian: mushmollë — tree Mespilus germanica
• Arabic: مُشْمُلَة (mušmula) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Arabic: إِسْكِدُنْيَا (ʔiskidunyā) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Arabic: زُعْرُور (zuʕrūr) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Arabic: مُصَع (muṣaʕ) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Armenian: սգռենի (sgṙeni) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Armenian: զղյարենի (zġyareni) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Armenian: զկեռենի (zkeṙeni) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Armenian: զկեռ (zkeṙ) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Asturian: cadapanal — tree Mespilus germanica
• Asturian: nesperal — tree Mespilus germanica
• Asturian: niésperu — tree Mespilus germanica
• Azerbaijani: əzgil — tree Mespilus germanica
• Basque: mizpirondo — tree Mespilus germanica
• Basque: mizpira — tree Mespilus germanica
• Bats: სიმაჲრტყლი̂ (simayrṭq̇lî) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Bulgarian: мушмула (mušmula) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Catalan: nespler — tree Mespilus germanica
• Catalan: nesprer — tree Mespilus germanica
• Chechen: хьамц (ḥramc) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Danish: mispel — tree Mespilus germanica
• Dutch: mispelboom — tree Mespilus germanica
• Dutch: mispelaar — tree Mespilus germanica
• Esperanto: mespilujo — tree Mespilus germanica
• Esperanto: mespilarbo — tree Mespilus germanica
• Finnish: mispeli — tree Mespilus germanica
• French: néflier — tree Mespilus germanica
• Friulian: gnespolâr — tree Mespilus germanica
• Galician: nespereira — tree Mespilus germanica
• Georgian: ზღმარტლი (zɣmarṭli) — tree Mespilus germanica
• German: Mispel — tree Mespilus germanica
• Ancient Greek: μέσπιλον (méspilon) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Hungarian: naspolya — tree Mespilus germanica
• Ingush: хьамиск (ḥramisk) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Irish: meispeal Gearmánach — tree Mespilus germanica
• Italian: nespolo — tree Mespilus germanica
• Latin: mespilum — tree Mespilus germanica
• Laz: ცხიმუნტური (ʒximunťuri) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Macedonian: мушмула (mušmula) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Middle English: medler — tree Mespilus germanica
• Mingrelian: ცქუმუნტური (ckumunṭuri) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Mingrelian: ბაცუ (bacu) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Occitan: nesplièr — tree Mespilus germanica
• Occitan: mesplièr — tree Mespilus germanica
• Ossetian: мугӕ (mugæ) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Ossetian: мантъылы (mant’yly) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Persian: ازگیل (azgil) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Polish: nieszpułka — tree Mespilus germanica
• Portuguese: nespereira — tree Mespilus germanica
• Romanian: moșmon — tree Mespilus germanica
• Romanian: mușmul — tree Mespilus germanica
• Russian: мушмула́ (mušmulá) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Serbo-Croatian: мушмула — tree Mespilus germanica
• Slovene: nešplja — tree Mespilus germanica
• Spanish: níspero (europeo) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Spanish: níspero — tree Mespilus germanica
• Svan: ჟუ̄ნტუ (žūnṭu) — tree Mespilus germanica
• Swedish: mispel — tree Mespilus germanica
• Turkish: muşmula — tree Mespilus germanica
• Turkish: muşmula ağacı — tree Mespilus germanica
• Walloon: mesplî — tree Mespilus germanica
• Welsh: merysbren — tree Mespilus germanica
• Finnish: mispeli — any tree of the genus Mespilus
• Finnish: milo — Vangueria infausta
• Armenian: զկեռ (zkeṙ) — fruit of Mespilus
• Asturian: cadápanu — fruit of Mespilus
• Asturian: niésperu — fruit of Mespilus
• Basque: mizpira — fruit of Mespilus
• Breton: mesper — fruit of Mespilus
• Bulgarian: мушмула (mušmula) — fruit of Mespilus
• Catalan: nespra — fruit of Mespilus
• Catalan: nespla — fruit of Mespilus
• Dutch: mispel — fruit of Mespilus
• Esperanto: mespilo — fruit of Mespilus
• Esperanto: mespilbero — fruit of Mespilus
• Finnish: mispeli — fruit of Mespilus
• French: nèfle — fruit of Mespilus
• Friulian: gnespul — fruit of Mespilus
• Galician: néspera — fruit of Mespilus
• German: Mispel — fruit of Mespilus
• Greek: μούσμουλο (moúsmoulo) — fruit of Mespilus
• Hungarian: naspolya — fruit of Mespilus
• Italian: nespola — fruit of Mespilus
• Latin: mespilum — fruit of Mespilus
• Macedonian: мушмула (mušmula) — fruit of Mespilus
• Mazanderani: کندس (kendes) — fruit of Mespilus
• Mazanderani: کنس (kenes) — fruit of Mespilus
• Mazanderani: کنس (kones) — fruit of Mespilus
• Middle English: medle — fruit of Mespilus
• Middle English: open-ers — fruit of Mespilus
• Middle English: medler — fruit of Mespilus
• Occitan: nespla — fruit of Mespilus
• Old English: openears — fruit of Mespilus
• Persian: ازگیل (azgil) — fruit of Mespilus
• Persian: کندس (kondos) — fruit of Mespilus
• Persian: کوژ (kevež) — fruit of Mespilus
• Polish: nieszpułka — fruit of Mespilus
• Portuguese: nêspera — fruit of Mespilus
• Romanian: moșmoană — fruit of Mespilus
• Romanian: mușmulă — fruit of Mespilus
• Russian: мушмула́ (mušmulá) — fruit of Mespilus
• Serbo-Croatian: мушмула — fruit of Mespilus
• Slovene: nešplja — fruit of Mespilus
• Spanish: níspero — fruit of Mespilus
• Turkish: muşmula — fruit of Mespilus
• Walloon: messe — fruit of Mespilus
• Welsh: afal tinagored — fruit of Mespilus
• Finnish: aprikoosi — woman's genitalia (only fruit-related translations here, please) — see also cunt