carambola

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Presumably from Marathi karambal, via Portuguese.

Noun

carambola (plural carambolas)

1. A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
2. The fruit of this tree, more commonly known as star fruit.
3. A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.

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Translations

tree

• Arabic: قلنباق (qilnbaq)
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• Finnish: karambola (fi)
• Galician: caramboleira (gl) f

fruit — see star fruit

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃.bɔ.la/
• Homophones: carambolas, carambolât

Verb

carambola

1. third-person singular past historic of caramboler

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈram.bo.la/

Noun

carambola f (plural carambole)

1. cannon, carom (in snooker etc)
2. star fruit

Verb

carambola

1. third-person singular present indicative of carambolare
2. second-person singular imperative of carambolare

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Portuguese

carambola

Etymology

Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay karambal, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Marathi [script needed] (karambal), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɾɐ̃.ˈbɔ.la/

Noun

carambola f (plural s)

1. star fruit (fruit)

Related terms

• caramboleira

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese carambola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾamˈbola/ [ka.ɾãmˈbo.la]

Noun

carambola f (plural carambolas)

1. star fruit (fruit)
2. fluke
3. double whammy; act of killing two birds with one stone
4. (snooker, pool, billiards) cannon
5. (snooker, pool, billiards) three-cushion shot

Related terms

• carambolo (tree)