citron

See also: Citron and citrón

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtɹən/

Noun

citron (countable and uncountable, plural citrons)

1. A greenish yellow colour.

   citron:  

2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
3. The fruit of a citron tree.
4. The candied rind of the citron fruit.

Translations

greenish yellow colour

• Finnish: kellanvihreä
• French: jaune citron (fr), citron (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: amarelo-limão
• Russian: лимонно-жёлтый (limonno-žóltyj)

tree

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 枸櫞／枸橼 (zh) (jǔyuán), 枸橼 (zh) (jǔyuán)

• Finnish: sukaattisitruuna (fi)
• French: cédratier (fr) m
• Galician: cidreira (gl) f
• Greek: κιτριά (el) f (kitriá)

  Ancient: κιτρέα f (kitréa)

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• Irish: crann ciotrón m, ciotrón m
• Japanese: 枸櫞 (ja) (クエン, kuen)
• Middle Persian: [script needed] (wādrang)
• Persian: بالنگ (fa) (bālang), بادرنگ (bādrang)
• Portuguese: cidreira (pt)
• Romanian: chitru (ro) m
• Russian: цитрон (ru) m (citron)
• Telugu: దబ్బ (te) (dabba), ఫలపూరము (te) (phalapūramu), ఫలపూరకము (te) (phalapūrakamu), మాదీఫలము (te) (mādīphalamu)

fruit

• Assamese: বিৰা-জৰা (bira-zora)
• Bulgarian: сладък лимон m (sladǎk limon)
• Catalan: poncem m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 枸櫞／枸橼 (geoi² jyun⁴), 枸橼 (geoi² jyun⁴), 香櫞／香橼 (hoeng¹ jyun⁴), 香橼 (hoeng¹ jyun⁴)

  Hakka: 枸櫞／枸橼, 枸橼 (kiéu-yèn), 香櫞／香橼, 香橼 (hiông-yèn)

  Mandarin: 枸櫞／枸橼 (zh) (jǔyuán), 枸橼 (zh) (jǔyuán), 香櫞／香橼 (zh) (xiāngyuán), 香橼 (zh) (xiāngyuán), 香水檸檬／香水柠檬, 香水柠檬 (xiāngshuǐ níngméng)

• Czech: cedrát m
• Danish: cedrat (da)
• Finnish: sukaattisitruuna (fi)
• French: cédrat (fr) m
• Galician: cidra (gl) f
• Greek: κίτρο (el) n (kítro)

  Ancient: κίτρον n (kítron), κίτριον n (kítrion)

• Hebrew: אתרוג (he) (etrog)
• Hindi: चकोतरा (hi) m (cakotrā)
• Ido: cedrato (io)
• Irish: ciotrón m
• Italian: cedro (it) m, lumia (it) f
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• Japanese: 枸櫞 (ja) (クエン, kuen)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Ladino:

  Latin: etrog m

• Middle Persian: [script needed] (wādrang)
• Norwegian: sukatsitron
• Persian: بالنگ (fa) (bālang), بادرنگ (bādrang)
• Polish: cedrat m, cytron (pl) m
• Portuguese: cidra (pt)
• Romanian: chitră (ro) f, chitru (ro) m
• Russian: цитро́н (ru) m (citrón), сла́дкий лимо́н m (sládkij limón)
• Swedish: suckatcitron c, cedrat c, sötcitron c
• Tamil: நார்த்தங்காய் (ta) (nārttaṅkāy)
• Telugu: దబ్బ (te) (dabba), ఫలపూరము (te) (phalapūramu), ఫలపూరకము (te) (phalapūrakamu), మాదీఫలము (te) (mādīphalamu)
• Welsh: sitron m
• Yiddish: אתרוג m (esreg)

candied rind

• Danish: sukat (da) c
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• Finnish: sukaatti (fi)
• Russian: цукаты (ru) f pl (cukaty)

Adjective

citron (comparative more citron, superlative most citron)

1. Of a greenish yellow colour.

Derived terms

• citron melon
• citron wood
• citronetin
• citronin

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• cortin

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Czech

Alternative forms

• citrón

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɪtron/

Noun

1. lemon

Related terms

• citroník

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sitroːn/, [siˈtˢʁ̥oːˀn]
• Rhymes: -oːˀn

Noun

citron c (singular definite citronen, plural indefinite citroner)

1. lemon (yellowish citrus fruit; taste or flavor of lemons)

Inflection

Declension of citron

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	citron	citronen	citroner	citronerne
genitive	citrons	citronens	citroners	citronernes

Further reading

• citron on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Esperanto

Noun

citron

1. accusative singular of citro

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar, juniper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.tʁɔ̃/

• audio:

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Noun

citron m (plural citrons)

1. lemon
2. lime (citrus)
3. brimstone (butterfly)
4. (colloquial) noggin (head)
5. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)

Derived terms

• citron pressé
• citron vert
• citronellal
• citronellol
• citronnade
• citronnat
• citronnelle
• citronner
• citronneraie
• citronnier
• ne rien avoir dans le citron
• presse-citron
• quercitron
• se presser le citron

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio:

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• IPA^(key): /sɪˈtruːn/

Noun

citron c

1. a lemon

Declension

Declension of citron
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	citron	citronen	citroner	citronerna
Genitive	citrons	citronens	citroners	citronernas

Derived terms

• citronträd
• citronlemonad
• citronsyra