passion fruit

See also: passionfruit

English

Alternative forms

• passionfruit

Noun

passion fruit (countable and uncountable, plural passion fruit or passion fruits)

1. A plant, passiflora, that produces an edible fruit.
2. The edible fruit of the passionflower, ; a round fruit with a purple or yellow skin which is native to Brazil.

   He brought four passion fruits from the market.

   Passion fruit are added for visual interest.

3. (uncountable) The flesh of the edible fruit.

   A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest.

4. (colloquial) A person whom one cherishes very much, especially a woman.
   • 2009, Marnelle Tokio, Room 207:

     “Ah my little passion fruit,” José cooed, “I knew it. You are feeling the love too!”

Translations

plant

• Hawaiian: lilikoʻi
• Maori: akakaikū, kohia, kohe
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• Russian: мараку́йя (ru) f (marakújja), страстоцве́т (ru) m (strastocvét), пассифло́ра (ru) f (passiflóra)

edible fruit

• Arabic: ثَمَرَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام f (ṯamarat zahrat al-ʾālām), فَاكِهَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام f (fākihat zahrat al-ʾālām), مَارَاكُويَّا f (marakūyyā)
• Belarusian: мараку́я f (marakúja)
• Bulgarian: мараку́я f (marakúja)
• Burmese: ပင်မှည့် (my) (panghmany.)
• Catalan: maracujà m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 熱情果／热情果 (jit⁶ cing⁴ gwo²), 热情果 (jit⁶ cing⁴ gwo²)

  Mandarin: 西番蓮果／西番莲果 (xīfānlián guǒ), 西番莲果 (xīfānlián guǒ), 百香果 (zh) (bǎixiāngguǒ)

  Min Nan: 鑽心蓮／钻心莲 (chǹg-sim-liân), 玉蕊花 (gio̍k-lúi-hoe), 風車花／风车花 (hong-chhia-hoe), 雞卵果／鸡卵果 (ke-nn̄g-kó, koe-nn̄g-kó), 時計果／时计果 (sî-kè-kó), 酸荔果 (sng-lāi-kó)

• Czech: plod mučenky m, marakuja f
• Dutch: passievrucht (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: pasifrukto
• Finnish: passiohedelmä (fi)
• French: fruit de la passion (fr) m
• German: Passionsfrucht f, Maracuja (de) f
• Greek: φρούτο του πάθους (el) m (froúto tou páthous)
• Hawaiian: lilikoʻi
• Hungarian: passiógyümölcs, maraguja (hu)
• Indonesian: markisa (id)
• Italian: frutto della passione (it) m
• Japanese: パッションフルーツ (passhonfurūtsu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 패션프루츠 (paesyeonpeurucheu)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
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• Latvian: marakuja (lv) f
• Luxembourgish: Passiounsfruucht f
• Macedonian: мараку́ја f (marakúja)
• Malay: buah markisa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pasjonsfrukt m or f

  Nynorsk: pasjonsfrukt f

• Persian: پشن فروت (pašen frut)
• Polish: marakuja f
• Portuguese: maracujá (pt) m
• Romanian: fructul pasiunii n, maracuia f
• Russian: мараку́йя (ru) f (marakújja), страстоцве́т (ru) m (strastocvét), плод стра́сти (ru) m (plod strásti), пе́шенфрут m (pɛ́šenfrut), пешенфру́т m (pɛšenfrút), пассифло́ра (ru) f (passiflóra)
• Rwanda-Rundi: marakuja
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: маракуја f

  Roman: marakuja (sh) f

• Slovene: marakuja f
• Spanish: granadilla f, maracuyá (es) m, calala f (Nicaragua), chinola f (Dominican Republic), parcha f (Puerto Rico), parchita f (Venezuela)
• Swedish: passionsfrukt (sv)
• Tagalog: pasyunarya
• Tajik: мева оташи (meva otaši)
• Thai: เสาวรส (sǎo-wá-rót)
• Turkish: çarkıfelek (tr)
• Ukrainian: мараку́я f (marakúja)
• Vietnamese: chanh dây, chanh leo
• Yoruba: ife gidigidi eso

flesh of the fruit

• Finnish: passiohedelmä (fi)
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• Swedish: passionsfruktkött n

person

• French: passionfruit (fr)
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• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} trái mác mác
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