bitter melon

See also: bittermelon

English

Alternative forms

• bittermelon

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 苦瓜 (kǔguā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪtəɹ ˈmɛlən/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

bitter melon (plural bitter melons)

1. A vine, Momordica charantia, which produces a bitter, though when properly prepared edible, fruit.
2. (Australia) A similar fruit-bearing vine, (Citroides Group).
3. The fruit of the bitter melon vine.

Synonyms

• balsam pear, bitter gourd, karela, cerasee (Jamaica)

Translations

plant

• Arabic: قَاوُون m (qāwūn)
• Burmese: ကြက်ဟင်းခါးပင် (krakhang:hka:pang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苦瓜 (zh) (kǔguā)

• Estonian: karella-kibekurk
• Finnish: karvaskurkku (fi)
• German: Bittermelone f, Bittergurke f, Balsambirne f, Karela f
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• Greek: πικρό πεπόνι n (pikró pepóni)
• Indonesian: pare (id), paria (id)
• Polish: przepękla ogórkowata f, balsamka ogórkowata f
• Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano m
• Telugu: కాకర (te) (kākara)

fruit

• Arabic: قَاوُون m (qāwūn)
• Assamese: কেৰেলা (kerela)
• Bengali: করলা (korla)
• Burmese: ကြက်ဟင်းခါးသီး (krakhang:hka:si:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 涼瓜／凉瓜 (loeng⁴ gwaa¹), 凉瓜 (loeng⁴ gwaa¹), 苦瓜 (fu² gwaa¹)

  Mandarin: 苦瓜 (zh) (kǔguā)

  Min Nan: 苦瓜 (zh-min-nan) (khó͘-koe), 防羊言 (hông-iûⁿ-giân), 紅楊／红杨 (âng-iûⁿ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: karella-kibekurk
• Finnish: karvaskurkku (fi)
• French: margose (fr) f, momordique (fr) f, pomme de merveille (fr) f, melon amer m, poire balsamique (fr) f
• German: Bittermelone f, Bittergurke f, Balsambirne f, Karela f
• Greek: πικρό πεπόνι n (pikró pepóni)
• Gujarati: કારેલું (kārelũ)
• Hindi: करेला (hi) (karelā)
• Ilocano: pariya
• Indonesian: pare (id), paria (id)
• Japanese: 蔓茘枝, ツルレイシ (tsurureishi), 苦瓜 (ja), ニガウリ (nigauri)
• Kannada: ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ (kn) (hāgalakāyi)
• Kapampangan: apalya, apalia
• Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
• Konkani: काराते (kārāte)
• Khmer: ម្រះ (km) (mrĕəh)
• Korean: 여주 (yeoju)
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• Lao: ຟັກຂົມ (fak khom)
• Maguindanao: paliya
• Malayalam: പാവയ്ക്ക (pāvaykka)
• Marathi: कारली (kārlī)
• Manchu: ᡤᠠᡥᠠ
  ᠣᡨ᠋ᠣᠨ (gaha oton)
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: przepękla ogórkowata f, balsamka ogórkowata f
• Portuguese: melão-de-são-caetano m
• Punjabi: ਕਰੇਲਾ (karelā)
• Russian: кита́йская го́рькая ты́ква f (kitájskaja górʹkaja týkva), момо́рдика (ru) f (momórdika), каре́ла f (karéla)
• Sanskrit: कारवेल्ल (sa) (kāravella)
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: melón amargo m
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog: ampalaya (tl)
• Tamil: பாகற்காய் (ta) (pākaṟkāy)
• Telugu: కాకరకాయ (te) (kākarakāya)
• Thai: มะระ (th) (má-rá)
• Tulu: ಕಂಚಲ (kañcala)
• Urdu: کریلا (karelā)
• Vietnamese: khổ qua (Southern), mướp đắng (vi) (Northern)
• Zhuang: lwghaemz