clementine

See also: Clementine, clémentine, and Clémentine

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French Clément

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -am

Old French -e

French -e

French -ine

French clémentinebor.

English clementine

From French clémentine, from Clément +‎ -ine, named after French missionary Clément Rodier (1839–1904), who is said to have first bred it. By surface analysis, Clement +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛməntaɪn/, /ˈklɛməntiːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

clementine (plural clementines)

2. A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.

   Hypernym: tangor

   Coordinate terms: mandarin, Seville orange, sweet orange, tangerine

Translations

citrus fruit

• Arabic: كَلِيمُونْتِين m (kalimuntīn)

  Egyptian Arabic: كلامنتينة f (kalamantina), يوستفندية f (yustafandiya)

• Basque: klementina
• Catalan: clementina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小柑橘 (xiǎogānjú)

• Czech: klementinka (cs) f
• Danish: klementin c
• East Frisian Low German: kleementîin f
• Esperanto: klementino
• Estonian: klementiin
• Faroese: klementina f
• Finnish: klementiini (fi)
• French: clémentine (fr) f
• Galician: clementina (gl) f
• German: Clementine (de) f
• Gujarati: નારંગી f (nāraṅgī)
• Hebrew: קְלֵמֶנְטִינָה (he) f (klementína)
• Hindi: माल्टा (hi) m (mālṭā)
• Icelandic: klementína (is) f
• Italian: mandarancio (it) m, clementina (it) f, clementino m
• Japanese: クレメンタイン (kurementain)
• Korean: 클레멘타인 (keullementain)
• Latvian: klementīns m
• Maltese: klementina f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klementin m

  Nynorsk: klementin m

• Polish: klementynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: clementina f
• Romanian: clementină f
• Russian: клементи́н (ru) m (klementín)
• Slovak: klementínka f
• Spanish: clementina (es) f
• Swedish: clementin (sv) c, klementin (sv) c
• Tagalog: kiat-kiat, kyat-kyat
• Turkish: klemantin
• Urdu: مالٹا m (mālṭā)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kle.menˈti.ne/
• Rhymes: -ine
• Hyphenation: cle‧men‧tì‧ne

Noun

clementine f

1. plural of clementina