Phrase guide

star fruit

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A plant of the species Damasonium alisma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carambola, Chinese gooseberry

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carambola

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: edible fruit

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَاكِهَةْ اَلنَّجْمَة (fākihat an-najma) — fruit
  • Arabic: قُلُنْبَاقْ (qulunbāq) — fruit
  • Arabic: كَرَمْبُولَا (karambūlā) — fruit
  • Bengali: কামরাঙ্গা (kamraṅga) — fruit
  • Central Bikol: biriran — fruit
  • Burmese: စောင်းလျား (caung:lya:) — fruit
  • Catalan: carambola — fruit
  • Cebuano: balimbing — fruit
  • Chamorro: bilembines — fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 楊桃 /杨桃 — fruit
  • Chinese: 楊桃 /杨桃 (iûn-thô, iûn-tô) — fruit
  • Chinese: 楊梅桃 /杨梅桃 (iûn-mûi-thô) — fruit
  • Chinese: 五斂子 /五敛子 (ngó͘-liām-chí) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 楊桃 /杨桃 (yángtáo) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五斂子 /五敛子 (wǔliǎnzǐ) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 銚芅 /铫芅 (yáoyì) — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬼桃 (guǐtáo) — fruit
  • Czech: karambola — fruit
  • Danish: karambol — fruit
  • Dhivehi: ކާމަރަނގަ (kāmaranga) — fruit
  • Dutch: carambola — fruit
  • Esperanto: karambolfrukto — fruit
  • Esperanto: stelofrukto — fruit
  • Finnish: tähtihedelmä — fruit
  • Finnish: karambola — fruit
  • French: carambole — fruit
  • French: pomme de Goa — fruit
  • French: groseille de Coromandel — fruit
  • French: cinq doigts — fruit
  • Galician: carambola — fruit
  • German: Sternfrucht — fruit
  • German: Karambola — fruit
  • Greek: καραμπόλα (karampóla) — fruit
  • Gujarati: કમરખ (kamrakh) — fruit
  • Haitian Creole: karanbòl — fruit
  • Hawaiian: hua hōkū — fruit
  • Hebrew: קְרַמְבּוֹלָה (karámbola) — fruit
  • Hiligaynon: galangan — fruit
  • Hindi: कमरख (kamrakh) — fruit
  • Hungarian: csillaggyümölcs — fruit
  • Icelandic: stjörnuávöxtur — fruit
  • Indonesian: belimbing — fruit
  • Italian: carambola — fruit
  • Japanese: スターフルーツ (sutā-furūtsu) — fruit
  • Javanese: blimbing — fruit
  • Kannada: ಕಮರಾಕ್ಷಿ (kamarākṣi) — fruit
  • Kapampangan: taranati — fruit
  • Kapampangan: tarnati — fruit
  • Khmer: ស្ពឺ (spɨɨ) — fruit
  • Korean: 카람볼라 (karambolla) — fruit
  • Lao: ຫມາກເຟືອງ (māk fư̄ang) — fruit
  • Lingala: pakapáka — fruit
  • Malay: belimbing besi — fruit
  • Malayalam: തോടമ്പുളി (tōṭampuḷi) — fruit
  • Marathi: कमरक (kamrak) — fruit
  • Mauritian Creole: karanbol — fruit
  • Nepali: कन्तरा (kantarā) — fruit
  • Norwegian: stjernefrukt — fruit
  • Odia: କରମଙ୍ଗା (karamaṅgā) — fruit
  • Pacoh: areap — fruit
  • Persian: اختری (axtari) — fruit
  • Polish: karambola — fruit
  • Polish: gwiaździsty owoc — fruit
  • Portuguese: carambola — fruit
  • Romanian: carambola — fruit
  • Russian: карамбо́ла (karambóla) — fruit
  • Sinhalese: කමරංකා (kamaraṁkā) — fruit
  • Spanish: carambola — fruit
  • Spanish: fruta de estrella — fruit
  • Spanish: asterisa — fruit
  • Sundanese: ᮘᮜᮤᮀᮘᮤᮀ (balingbing) — fruit
  • Swedish: carambola — fruit
  • Swedish: stjärnfrukt — fruit
  • Tagalog: balimbing — fruit
  • Tagalog: karambola — fruit
  • Ternate: totofuko — fruit
  • Ternate: balibi — fruit
  • Thai: มะเฟือง (má-fʉʉang) — fruit
  • Tongan: tapanima — fruit
  • Turkish: yıldız meyvesi — fruit
  • Turkish: karambola — fruit
  • Ukrainian: карамбо́ла (karambóla) — fruit
  • Vietnamese: khế — fruit
  • Yiddish: שטערנפֿרוכט (shternfrukht) — fruit