citron
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).
Pronunciation
Noun
citron (countable and uncountable, plural citrons)
- A greenish yellow colour.
- citron:
- A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
- The fruit of a citron tree.
- The candied rind of the citron fruit.
Translations
greenish yellow colour
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tree
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fruit
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candied rind
Adjective
citron (comparative more citron, superlative most citron)
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Declension
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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).
Pronunciation
Noun
citron c (singular definite citronen, plural indefinite citroner)
- 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
Esperanto
Noun
citron
- accusative singular of citro
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar, juniper”)[1].
Pronunciation
Noun
citron m (plural citrons)
- lemon
- lime (citrus)
- brimstone (butterfly)
- (colloquial) noggin (head)
- (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
References
- ^ Alain Rey, ed., Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, 4th edn. (Paris: Le Robert, 2010), 2197-8.
Further reading
- “citron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
citron c
- a lemon
Declension
Declension of citron | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | citron | citronen | citroner | citronerna |
Genitive | citrons | citronens | citroners | citronernas |
Derived terms
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