guava

English

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guavas (fruit)

Etymology

Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guaya, a variant of guayaba, from Arawak guayabo (“guava tree”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɡwɑvə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

guava (plural guavas)

1. A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
2. Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat is yellowish or pale green to pink in color.

Translations

tree or shrub

• Burmese: မာလကာပင် (my) (mà-là-kà-pin)
• Dutch: guave (nl), guaveboom (nl), guavestruik (nl)
• Esperanto: gujavujo (eo), gujavarbo (eo)
• Finnish: guava (fi)
• French: goyavier (fr) m
• Polish: guawa (pl) f

• Portuguese: goiabeira (pt) f
• Spanish: guayabo (es)
• Swahili: mpera (sw)
• Telugu: జామచెట్టు (te)
• Turkish: guava (tr)

fruit

• Albanian: gujava (sq) f
• Arabic: غوافة (ar) (ġuwāfa) f

  Egyptian Arabic: جوافة (gawafa) f

• Armenian: գուավա (hy) (guava)
• Bengali: পেয়ারা (bn) (peyara)
• Burmese: မာလကာသီး (my) (mà-la-kà-thí)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 番石榴 (cmn) (fānshíliu)

  Min Nan: 林菝仔 (nan) (ná-pua̍t-á, ná-pa̍t-á), 菝仔 (nan) (pua̍t-á, pa̍t-á)

• Czech: guava (cs)
• Danish: guava (da)
• Dutch: guave (nl)
• Esperanto: gujavo (eo)
• Finnish: guava (fi)
• French: goyave (fr) f
• German: Guave (de) f
• Greek: γκουάβα (el) (guáva) f
• Hebrew: גויאבה (he) (guyava) f
• Hindi: अमरूद (hi) (amrūd)
• Hungarian: gujávafa (hu)
• Ilocano: bayabas
• Indonesian: jambu batu (id), jambu biji (id)
• Italian: guava (it) f
• Japanese: グアバ (ja) (guaba), グアヴァ (ja) (guava)
• Javanese: jambu kluthuk (jv)

• Korean: 구아바 (ko) (guaba) f
• Lao: ໝາກສີດາ (lo) (mai sida)
• Malagasy: goavy (mg)
• Malay: jambu batu (ms)
• Marathi: पेरू (mr) (perū)
• Nahuatl: xālxocotl (nah)
• Norwegian: guava (no)
• Persian: گواوا (fa) (gvâvâ), امرود (fa) (amrud)
• Polish: gujawa (pl) f, guawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: goiaba (pt) f
• Quechua: sawintu (qu)
• Russian: гуава (ru) (guáva) f
• Spanish: guayaba (es) f
• Swahili: pera (sw)
• Tagalog: bayabas (tl)
• Telugu: జామపండు (te)
• Thai: ฝรั่ง (th) (farang)
• Tongan: kuava (to)
• Turkish: guava (tr)
• Ukrainian: гуаява (uk) (huajáva) f, гуава (uk) (huáva) f
• Urdu: امرود (ur) (amrūd)
• Vietnamese: ổi (vi), trái ổi (vi)
• Yonaguni: バンシル (baŋshiru)

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• Telugu: జామ (te) (jaama)
• Tamil: (goyya)

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Finnish

Noun

guava

1. guava

Declension

Declension of guava (type kala) singular plural nominative guava guavat genitive guavan guavojen guavain1 partitive guavaa guavoja accusative guava guavan guavat inessive guavassa guavoissa elative guavasta guavoista illative guavaan guavoihin adessive guavalla guavoilla ablative guavalta guavoilta allative guavalle guavoille essive guavana guavoina translative guavaksi guavoiksi instructive – guavoin abessive guavatta guavoitta comitative – guavoineen 1) Rare.