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passion fruit (countable and uncountable , plural passion fruit or passion fruits )
A plant, passiflora, that produces an edible fruit.
The edible fruit of the passionflower , Passiflora edulis ; a round fruit with a purple or yellow skin which is native to Brazil .
He brought four passion fruits from the market.
Passion fruits are added for visual interest.
( uncountable ) The flesh of the edible fruit.
A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest.
( colloquial ) A person whom one cherishes very much, especially a woman.
2009 , Marnelle Tokio, Room 207 :“Ah my little passion fruit ,” José cooed, “I knew it. You are feeling the love too!”
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plant
Aukan: ampukutitei , marakuzya ( Paramaccan )
Chinese: 西番蓮 / 西番莲 (zh) ( xīfānlián ) , 西番莲 (zh) ( xīfānlián )
Hawaiian: lilikoʻi
Indonesian: markisa (id)
Kari'na: sosoporo , nuno ninjohpo , tukusi wokuru , merekuya , tukusi sosopororë
Lokono: horotoballi , marudi yure , bimiti , bimititokon , kuleto , yawahü merekuya , simitu , merekuya ferobero
Malay: markisa
Maori: akakaikū , kōhia , kohe
Old Tupi: murukuîá
Polish: marakuja (pl) f
Portuguese: maracujazeiro (pt) m
Russian: мараку́йя (ru) f ( marakújja ) , страстоцве́т (ru) m ( strastocvét ) , пассифло́ра (ru) f ( passiflóra )
Spanish: pasionaria (es) f
Sranan Tongo: markusa , snekimarkusa , paramarkusa , blakamarkusa , yorkamarkusa
edible fruit
Arabic: ثَمَرَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام f ( ṯamarat zahrat al-ʔālām ) , فَاكِهَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام f ( fākihat zahrat al-ʔālām ) , مَارَاكُويَّا f ( marakūyyā )
Belarusian: мараку́я f ( marakúja )
Bulgarian: мараку́я f ( marakúja )
Burmese: ပင်မှည့် (my) ( panghmany. )
Catalan: maracujà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 熱情果 / 热情果 ( jit6 cing4 gwo2 )
Hokkien: 鑽心蓮 / 钻心莲 ( chǹg-sim-liân ) , 玉蕊花 ( gio̍k-lúi-hoe ) , 風車花 / 风车花 ( hong-chhia-hoe ) , 雞卵果 / 鸡卵果 ( ke-nn̄g-kó, koe-nn̄g-kó ) , 時計果 / 时计果 ( sî-kè-kó ) , 酸荔果 ( sng-lāi-kó )
Mandarin: 西番蓮果 / 西番莲果 (zh) ( xīfānlián guǒ ) , 百香果 (zh) ( bǎixiāngguǒ )
Czech: plod mučenky m , marakuja f
Dutch: passievrucht (nl) m or f , markoesa m or f ( Suriname )
Esperanto: pasifrukto , marakujo
Finnish: passiohedelmä (fi)
French: fruit de la passion (fr) m
Galician: maracuxá (gl) m
German: Passionsfrucht (de) f , Maracuja (de) f
Greek: φρούτο του πάθους (el) m ( froúto tou páthous )
Hawaiian: lilikoʻi
Hebrew: פסיפלורה (he)
Hindi: कृष्णकमल फल ( kŕṣṇakmal phal ) , कृष्णा फल ( kŕṣṇā phal )
Hungarian: passiógyümölcs (hu) , maraguja (hu)
Icelandic: passíuávöxtur m
Indonesian: markisa (id)
Irish: páiseog f
Italian: frutto della passione (it) m
Japanese: パッションフルーツ ( passhonfurūtsu )
Khmer: ក្រូចទ្រើង (km) ( krouctrəəng )
Korean: 패션프루츠 ( paesyeonpeurucheu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: (please verify ) berê hindek gul kovanan
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: marakuja (lv) f
Luxembourgish: Passiounsfruucht f
Macedonian: мараку́ја f ( marakúja )
Malay: buah markisa
Maori: kōhia
Nepali: लहरे आँप ( lahare ā̃p )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pasjonsfrukt m or f
Nynorsk: pasjonsfrukt f
Old Tupi: murukuîá
Persian: پشن فروت ( pašen frut )
Polish: marakuja (pl) f
Portuguese: maracujá (pt) m
Romanian: fructul pasiunii n , maracuia f
Russian: мараку́йя (ru) f ( marakújja ) , страстоцве́т (ru) m ( strastocvét ) , плод стра́сти (ru) m ( plod strásti ) , пе́шенфрут m ( pɛ́šenfrut ) , пешенфру́т m ( pɛšenfrút ) , пассифло́ра (ru) f ( passiflóra )
Rwanda-Rundi: marakuja
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: маракуја f
Roman: marakuja (sh) f
Slovene: marakuja f
Spanish: granadilla f , maracuyá (es) m , calala f ( Nicaragua ) , chinola f ( Dominican Republic ) , parcha (es) f ( Puerto Rico ) , parchita (es) f ( Venezuela )
Sranan Tongo: markusa
Swedish: passionsfrukt (sv)
Tagalog: pasyunarya
Tajik: мева оташи ( meva otaši )
Thai: เสาวรส (th) ( sǎo-wá-rót )
Turkish: çarkıfelek (tr)
Ukrainian: мараку́я f ( marakúja )
Vietnamese: chanh dây , chanh leo
Yoruba: ife gidigidi eso
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