baobab

English

Wikipedia

A baobab.

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Arabic بو حباب (būħibāb, “father of many seeds”), from ابو (’abū, “father”) + حب (ħabb, “seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbeɪəʊbæb/

Noun

baobab (plural baobabs)

1. A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

Translations

Adansonia digitata

• Albanian: baobab (sq)
• Arabic: باوباب (ar) (bāwbāb) m
• Armenian: բաոբաբ (hy) (baobab)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (monkey bread tree) 猴麵包樹 (cmn), 猴面包树 (cmn) (hóu miànbāo shù); (macaque tree) 猢猻樹 (cmn), 猢狲树 (cmn) (húsūn shù)

• Czech: baobab (cs) m
• Esperanto: baobabo (eo)
• Finnish: apinanleipäpuu (fi), baobab (fi)
• French: baobab (fr) m
• German: (monkey bread tree) Affenbrotbaum (de) m

• Hungarian: majomkenyérfa (hu)
• Icelandic: apabrauðstré (is)
• Ido: baobabo (io)
• Italian: baobab (it) m
• Japanese: バオバブ (ja) (baobabu)
• Korean: 바오바브 (ko) (baobabeu)
• Polish: baobab (pl) m
• Romanian: baobab (ro) m
• Russian: баобаб (ru) (baobáb) m
• Spanish: baobab (es) m
• Vietnamese: bao báp (vi)

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French

Etymology

Arabic buhibab (“fruit of many seeds”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ba.o.bab/

• Audio (France)

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• Homophone: baobabs

Noun

baobab m (plural baobabs)

1. baobab

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

baobab m (inv)

1. baobab (tree)

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Polish

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Noun

baobab m

1. baobab (tree)

Declension

    declension of baobab

	singular	plural
nominative	baobab	baobaby
genitive	baobabu	baobabów
dative	baobabowi	baobabom
accusative	baobab	baobaby
instrumental	baobabem	baobabami
locative	baobabie	baobabach
vocative	baobabie	baobaby

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: [ba̠.o̞ˈβ̞a̠β̞]

Etymology

From Arabic بو حباب (būħibāb, “father of many seeds”), from ابو (’abū, “father”) + حب (ħabb, “seed”).

Noun

baobab m (plural baobabs)

1. baobab