pompelmoes
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from pompoen (“pumpkin”) or pompel (“big, swollen”) + limoes, a variant of limoen modeled after Portuguese limões (“citrus, lemons”). Another explanation is a gradual corruption of Portuguese pomos limões (“citrus fruit”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pompelmoes f or m (plural pompelmoezen, diminutive pompelmoesje n)
- (Netherlands) pomelo (fruit of the tree Citrus maxima)
- (Belgium) grapefruit
Descendants
[edit]- → Caribbean Javanese: jeruk pompelmus
- → Dhivehi: ބަނބުޅަބޮސް (baᵐbuḷabos)
- → English: pompelmous
- → French: pamplemousse
- → German: Pampelmuse
- → Italian: pompelmo
- → Sinhalese: බංබලෝසි (baṁbalōsi)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- pompelmoes on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl