rambutan

See also: rambután

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rambutan, English usage first attested 1707.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɹamˈbjʉːtən]
• (General American) IPA^(key): [ɹæmˈbuːtən]

Noun

rambutan (plural rambutans)

1. A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
2. The fruit of this tree.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115:

     Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.

Translations

fruit

• Arabic: رَامْبُوتَان m (rambutān)
• Bengali: রামবুটান (rambuṭan)
• Brunei Malay: rambutan
• Burmese: ကြက်မောက် (my) (krakmauk), ကြက်မောက်သီး (my) (krakmauksi:)
• Central Dusun: rangalau
• Central Melanau: ramutan
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紅毛丹／红毛丹 (hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹)

  Mandarin: 韶子 (zh) (sháozi), 紅毛丹／红毛丹 (zh) (hóngmáodān)

• Dutch: ramboetan (nl) m
• Estonian: rambutan (et)
• Finnish: rambutani
• French: ramboutan (fr) m, litchi chevelu (fr) m
• German: Rambutan (de) m
• Hawaiian: nekēnetela
• Hebrew: רמבוטן (he)
• Hindi: रम्बूटान (rambūṭān)
• Indonesian: rambutan (id)
• Irish: rambútan m
• Japanese: ランブータン (ranbūtan)
• Khmer: សាវម៉ាវ (km) (saav maav)
• Korean: 람부탄 (rambutan)
• Lao: ໝາກເງາະ (māk ngǫ), ເງາະ (ngǫ)
• Malay: rambutan (ms)
• Navajo: chʼil ditsʼozíłchííʼ
• Polish: rambutan (pl) m
• Portuguese: rambutã m
• Russian: рамбута́н (ru) m (rambután)
• Spanish: rambután m, mamón chino m
• Swedish: rambutan (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: rangalau
• Tagalog: rambutan
• Thai: เงาะ (th) (ngɔ́)
• Ukrainian: рамбута́н m (rambután)
• Vietnamese: chôm chôm (vi)
• Yakan: usew

tree

• Irish: rambútan m
• Polish: rambutan (pl) m

Anagrams

• antumbra

Brunei Malay

Etymology

rambut +‎ -an (compare Malay rambutan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ram.bu.tan/
• (Kedayan) IPA^(key): /am.bu.tan/

Noun

rambutan

1. rambutan, fruit of the tropical tree Nephelium lappaceum

See also

• maritam

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay rambutan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ram‧bu‧tan
• IPA^(key): /ɾamˈbutan/, [ɾ̪ɐmˈbu.t̪ɐn̪]

Noun

rambutan

1. the rambutan tree (Nephelium lappaceum)
2. the fruit of this tree

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rambutan or rambut +‎ -an.

Noun

rambutan (first-person possessive rambutanku, second-person possessive rambutanmu, third-person possessive rambutannya)

1. rambutan (fruit)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rambutan.

Noun

rambutan m

1. rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)

Malay

Etymology

rambut (“hair”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [räm.bo.tän], [räm.bu.tän]
• Rhymes: -otan, -utan, -tan, -an

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

rambutan (Jawi spelling رمبوتن or رامبوتن, plural rambutan-rambutan, informal 1st possessive rambutanku, 2nd possessive rambutanmu, 3rd possessive rambutannya)

1. rambutan (fruit)

See also

• lotong, pulasan, redan

Further reading

• “rambutan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rambutan.

Noun

rambután

1. rambutan (fruit)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rambutan, from rambut (“hair”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾambuˈtan/ [ɾɐm.bʊˈtan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ram‧bu‧tan

Noun

rambután (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆᜈ᜔)

1. rambutan (tree and fruit)

   Synonym: (obsolete) alpay

Further reading

• “rambutan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018