guava
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Psidium_guajava_fruit.jpg/220px-Psidium_guajava_fruit.jpg)
Etymology
Recorded since 1555, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish guaya, a variant of guayaba, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lokono guayabo (“guava tree”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɑːvə
Noun
guava (countable and uncountable, plural guavas)
- A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
- Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat is yellowish or pale green to pink in color.
- A medium reddish-pink colour, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).
- guava:
Translations
tree or shrub
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fruit
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
guava
Declension
Inflection of guava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | guava | guavat | ||
genitive | guavan | guavojen | ||
partitive | guavaa | guavoja | ||
illative | guavaan | guavoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | guava | guavat | ||
accusative | nom. | guava | guavat | |
gen. | guavan | |||
genitive | guavan | guavojen guavain rare | ||
partitive | guavaa | guavoja | ||
inessive | guavassa | guavoissa | ||
elative | guavasta | guavoista | ||
illative | guavaan | guavoihin | ||
adessive | guavalla | guavoilla | ||
ablative | guavalta | guavoilta | ||
allative | guavalle | guavoille | ||
essive | guavana | guavoina | ||
translative | guavaksi | guavoiksi | ||
abessive | guavatta | guavoitta | ||
instructive | — | guavoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Japanese
Romanization
guava
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- English 2-syllable words
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- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Min Nan terms with redundant script codes
- en:Fruits
- en:Myrtle family plants
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Fruits
- fi:Trees
- Japanese non-lemma forms
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