jujube

See also: Jujube

English

Fresh jujube berries

Zizyphus jujuba (2)

American jujube candies (6)

Etymology

From French jujube, via Medieval Latin jujuba, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon)․

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒuː.dʒuːb/, /ˈdʒuː.dʒuː.biː/

Noun

jujube (plural jujubes)

1. The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
2. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.

   Synonym: Chinese date

3. The fruit of this tree, fructus jujubae.

   Synonym: Chinese date

4. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.

   Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu

5. The fruit of this tree.

   Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu

6. (Canada, US) A type of candy; specific type varies by country.

Synonyms

• (Ziziphus jujuba tree): red date, Korean date, Indian date
• (Ziziphus jujuba fruit): red date, Korean date, Indian date
• (Ziziphus mauritiana tree): Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
• (Ziziphus mauritiana fruit): Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
• (fruit): jujubean, juju bean
• (candy): jujubean, juju bean

Derived terms

• jube
• juju
• juju bean
• jujubean

 

Translations

Ziziphus jujuba tree

• Arabic: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)
• Armenian: ունաբ (hy) (unab), ունաբի (unabi)

  Middle Armenian: յունապի (yunapi)

• Assamese: বগৰী গছ (bogori gos)
• Bulgarian: хинап m (hinap)
• Burmese: ဇီးပင် (ji:pang)
• Catalan: ginjoler (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棗樹／枣树 (zh) (zǎoshù)

• Finnish: kiinanjujuba (fi)
• French: jujubier (fr) m
• Galician: azufaifo m
• German: Jujube f, chinesische Dattel f
• Greek: τζιτζιφιά (el) f (tzitzifiá)

  Ancient: ζίζυφον n (zízuphon)

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• Italian: giuggiolo m
• Kannada: ಎಲಚಿ (kn) (elaci)
• Korean: 대추나무 (ko) (daechunamu)
• Latin: zizyphus f
• Persian: عناب (fa) (annâb)
• Polish: jujuba (pl) f
• Portuguese: jujuba (pt) f, jujubeira f
• Romanian: jujub (ro) m, jujubier (ro) m
• Russian: юю́ба (ru) f (jujúba), кита́йский фи́ник m (kitájskij fínik), уна́би m (unábi), жужу́ба f (žužúba), жужу́б m (žužúb)
• Spanish: azufaifo (es) m, jinjolero
• Turkish: innap
• Vietnamese: cây táo tàu (vi)

Ziziphus jujuba fruit

• Albanian: hide (sq) f, xinxife (sq) f, kimçë f
• Arabic: عُنَّاب m (ʕunnāb)
• Armenian: ունաբ (hy) (unab)

  Middle Armenian: յունապ (yunap)

• Assamese: বগৰী (bogori)
• Azerbaijani: innab (az)
• Bulgarian: хинап m (hinap)
• Burmese: ဇီးသီး (ji:si:)
• Catalan: gínjol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棗／枣 (zh) (zǎo)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: jujube (nl) f
• Esperanto: jujubo (eo)
• French: jujube (fr) m
• German: Jujube f, chinesische Dattel f, Brustbeere f
• Finnish: kiinanjujuba (fi), jujube
• Greek: ζίζιφο n (zízifo), τζίτζιφο (el) n (tzítzifo)
• Italian: giuggiola (it) f
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• Kannada: ಎಲಚಿ (kn) (elaci)
• Korean: 대추 (ko) (daechu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سِنجِرازی (sincirazî)

• Latin: zizyphum n
• Persian: عناب (fa) (annâb)
• Polish: jujuba (pl) f
• Portuguese: jujuba (pt) f
• Romanian: jujubă (ro) f
• Russian: юю́ба (ru) f (jujúba), кита́йский фи́ник m (kitájskij fínik), уна́би m (unábi), жужу́ба f (žužúba), жужу́б m (žužúb)
• Sanskrit: सेवि (sa) n (sevi)
• Serbo-Croatian: žižula (sh) f
• Spanish: azufaifa (es) f, jínjol
• Turkish: İnnap, hünnap (tr)
• Vietnamese: quả táo tàu (vi)
• Wolof: déem (wo)

Ziziphus mauritiana tree

• Catalan: ginjoler (ca) m
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• Vietnamese: cây táo ta (vi)

Ziziphus mauritiana fruit

• Catalan: gínjol (ca) m
• Greek: ζίζιφο (zízifo)
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• Vietnamese: quả táo ta (vi)

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• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 紅棗／红枣 (hung⁴ zou²), ^{(please verify)} 红枣 (hung⁴ zou²)

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 棗／枣 (zh) (zǎo), ^{(please verify)} 枣 (zh) (zǎo), ^{(please verify)} 棗實／枣实 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 枣实 (zh) (zǎoshí)

  Min Nan: ^{(please verify)} 棗／枣, ^{(please verify)} 枣 (chó), ^{(please verify)} 棗仔／枣仔, ^{(please verify)} 枣仔 (chó-á)

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} უნაბი (unabi)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 棗 (ja) (なつめ, natsume), ^{(please verify)} ナツメ (ja) (natsume)
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 대추 (ko) (daechu)
• Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} mokonazy (mg)
• Pali: ^{(please verify)} badara n
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} jujubär (sv), ^{(please verify)} jujuber, ^{(please verify)} bröstbär
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} พุทราจีน (pú-traa jeen)

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} jujubiero (io)
• Pali: ^{(please verify)} badarī f
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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} jujubär (sv), ^{(please verify)} jujuber

See also

• jojoba

Further reading

• jujube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʒyb/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -yb

Noun

jujube m (plural jujubes)

1. jujube (fruit)

Further reading

• “jujube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Noun

jujube

1. plural of jujubă