pomelo

See also: Pomelo and pomélo

English

pomelos, Citrus maxima (1)

grapefruits, Citrus paradisi (3)

Alternative forms

• pommelo, pummelo, pomelow, pummaloe, pummelow
• (obsolete): pomello, pomolo, pumelo

Etymology

Of uncertain etymology, though possibly a variant of earlier pampelmoes, from French, Dutch, Portuguese sources ultimately equivalent to "thick lemon" or transcribing the Tamil பம்ப ளிமாசு (pampa ḷimācu, “big citrus”). Alternatively, possibly from pome (“apple”) + melon or some cognate; though such a compound is currently unattested, some early variant spellings seem to show influence from pome.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pŏʹməlō, pŭʹməlō, pəmĕʹlō, IPA^(key): /ˈpɒmɪləʊ/, /ˈpʌmɪləʊ/, /pəˈmɛləʊ/
• (General American) enPR: pŏʹməlō, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑməloʊ/

Noun

pomelo (plural pomelos or pomeloes)

2. The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.

   Synonyms: (India) jabong, (South Africa) pampelmoes, (chiefly Caribbean) shaddock, Chinese grapefruit

4. The tree which produces this fruit.
5. (US, Caribbean, historical) The grapefruit.
   • 1888, Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, page 78:

     SHADDOCK, AND POMELO, OR GRAPE-FRUIT. (Citrus aurantium decumana.*) The cultivation of these fruits is extendiug gradually, especially of the pomelo, which is a first-class marketable fruit, very valuable in the spring and early summer.

   • 1891, Bulletin No. 1-10, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, page 79:

     Pomelo.* — Much larger than an orange and smaller than a shaddock; a delicious fruit, preferred by many to the orange. Skin smooth, pale yellow; subacid. The membrane dividing the pulp is bitter, and must be removed before eating the pulp. Also called "grape-fruit" from its habit of growing in clusters.

   • 1891 March, R M Lelong, “From Seed to Grove”, in The Great Southwest, page 3:

     POMELO (syn. grape fruit).—A variety of shaddock; fruit very large, from two to five pounds each, pale yellow, resembling the citron; skin smooth; pulp sub-acid. / SHADDOCK.—Tree inclined to be dwarf; fruit very large, with smooth skin, pale yellow and very glossy; the rind is very thick and spongy, and very bitter; ornamental only

   • 1904, Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith, Farmer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture, page 241:

     Pomelo (Citrus decumana) — The commercial term grape fruit is synonymous with pomelo, while shaddock, a term sometimes reserved for these fruits, is more properly applied to a large pyriform or necked variety of the pomelo. This variety sometimes reaches a weight of 15 pounds or more. Within the last few years the smaller pomelo has become very popular in Northern markets and extensive orchards are being rapidly set out in Florida, which is the state of largest production. The pomelo is somewhat larger than the orange and of a pale yellow color.

   • 1911, Good Housekeeping Magazine, page 106:

     The pomelo has unfortunately been marketed under the name “grape-fruit,” and it is doubtful whether the correct name, pomelo, will ever displace the trade name.

Synonyms

• (grapefruit): See grapefruit

Derived terms

• tangelo

Descendants

• → French: pomélo, pomelo
• → German: Pomelo
• → Italian: pomelo
• → Polish: pomelo
• → Portuguese: pomelo
• → Spanish: pomelo

Translations

large fruit of the C. maxima or grandis

• Arabic: زَنْبُوع m (zanbūʕ), بُومَلِيّ m (būmaliyy)
• Basque: arabisagar (eu)
• Bengali: জাম্বুরা (bn) (jambura)
• Bikol Central: lukban (bcl)
• Brunei Malay: limau bali
• Bulgarian: помело (bg) n (pomelo)
• Burmese: ကျွဲကောပင် (kywai:kau:pang)
• Catalan: aranja grossa f, pampelmussa
• Chamorro: kahet ma'gas
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 碌柚 (luk¹ jau^6-2)

  Hokkien: 柚仔 (zh-min-nan) (iū-á)

  Mandarin: 柚子 (zh) (yòuzi)

• Czech: pomelo (cs) n
• Danish: pomelo (da), pompelmus
• Dutch: pompelmoes (nl)
• Esperanto: pampelmuso
• Estonian: pomel, pomelo (et) (colloquial)
• Fijian: moli kana
• Finnish: pomelo (fi), pummelo
• French: pomélo (fr) m
• Galician: pomelo (gl) m
• Georgian: თურინჯი (ka) (turinǯi)
• German: Pomelo f, Pampelmuse (de) f
• Greek: φράπα (el) f (frápa)
• Gujarati: પપનસ (papnas)
• Haitian Creole: chadèk
• Hebrew: פומלו, פומלה (he) f (pomela) (colloquial)
• Hindi: चकोतरा (hi) m (cakotrā)
• Hungarian: pomelo (hu)
• Indonesian: jeruk bali (id)
• Irish: pomaló m
• Italian: pomelo (it) m
• Japanese: ブンタン (buntan), ザボン (zabon)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: помело (pomelo)
• Khmer: ផ្លែក្រូចថ្លុង (phlaekruucthlong)
• Korean: 포멜로 (pomello), 자몽 (jamong)
• Kyrgyz: помело (pomelo)
• Lao: ໝາກກ້ຽງໃຫຍ່ (māk kīang nyai)
• Latvian: pampelmūze f, pomelo (lv) m
• Lithuanian: didysis citrinmedis
• Macedonian: поме́ло n (pomélo)
• Malay: limau bali
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: pomelo (no)
• Pela: kʰjaŋ⁵⁵ tʰui³⁵ ʃɿ³¹
• Persian: دارابی (fa) (dârâbi)
• Piedmontese: citrus grandis
• Polish: pomarańcza olbrzymia f, pomelo (pl) n, szadok m
• Portuguese: pomelo (pt) m
• Romanian: pomelo
• Russian: поме́ло (ru) n (pomélo)
• Samoan: moli Toga, moli meleke
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: поме́ло n

  Latin: pomélo (sh) n

• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: pomelo n
• Spanish: pampelmusa f, pomelo (es) m
• Swedish: pompelmus (sv), pomelo (sv)
• Tagalog: suha, lukban (tl)
• Tajik: помело (pomelo)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ส้มโอ (sôm-oo)
• Tongan: moli Tonga
• Ukrainian: поме́ло n (pomélo)
• Upper Sorbian: pamplmuza f
• Vietnamese: bưởi (vi)
• Zhuang: makbug

tree

• Arabic: زَنْبُوع m (zanbūʕ), بُومَلِيّ m (būmaliyy)
• Basque: arabisagar arbola
• Finnish: pomelo (fi)
• French: pamplemoussier (fr) m
• German: Pampelmuse (de) f
• Khmer: ក្រូចថ្លុង (krouc thlong)
• Latvian: pampelmūze f, pomelo (lv) m
• Macedonian: поме́ло n (pomélo)
• Polish: pomarańcza olbrzymia f, pomelo (pl) n, szadok m
• Russian: поме́ло (ru) n (pomélo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: поме́ло n

  Latin: pomélo (sh) n

• Slovene: pomelo n
• Tagalog: suha, lukban (tl)
• Telugu: పంపరపనస (pamparapanasa)
• Ukrainian: поме́ло n (pomélo)
• Zhuang: gobug

grapefruit — see grapefruit

Further reading

• pomelo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “pomelo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈmeːloː/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelo's, diminutive pomelootje n)

1. (chiefly Belgium) pomelo (fruit of the tree Citrus maxima)
2. Cross between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and grapefruit (Citrus ×paradisi), typically with green peel but bigger and sweeter than grapefruit

Finnish

Alternative forms

• pummelo

Etymology

From English pomelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpomelo/, [ˈpo̞me̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -omelo
• Syllabification^(key): po‧me‧lo

Noun

pomelo

1. pomelo

Declension

Inflection of pomelo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		pomelo	pomelot
genitive		pomelon	pomelojen pomeloiden pomeloitten
partitive		pomeloa	pomeloja pomeloita
illative		pomeloon	pomeloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pomelo	pomelot
accusative	nom.	pomelo	pomelot
	gen.	pomelon
genitive		pomelon	pomelojen pomeloiden pomeloitten
partitive		pomeloa	pomeloja pomeloita
inessive		pomelossa	pomeloissa
elative		pomelosta	pomeloista
illative		pomeloon	pomeloihin
adessive		pomelolla	pomeloilla
ablative		pomelolta	pomeloilta
allative		pomelolle	pomeloille
essive		pomelona	pomeloina
translative		pomeloksi	pomeloiksi
abessive		pomelotta	pomeloitta
instructive		—	pomeloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pomelo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pomeloni pomeloni accusative nom. pomeloni pomeloni gen. pomeloni genitive pomeloni pomelojeni pomeloideni pomeloitteni partitive pomeloani pomelojani pomeloitani inessive pomelossani pomeloissani elative pomelostani pomeloistani illative pomelooni pomeloihini adessive pomelollani pomeloillani ablative pomeloltani pomeloiltani allative pomelolleni pomeloilleni essive pomelonani pomeloinani translative pomelokseni pomeloikseni abessive pomelottani pomeloittani instructive — — comitative — pomeloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pomelosi pomelosi accusative nom. pomelosi pomelosi gen. pomelosi genitive pomelosi pomelojesi pomeloidesi pomeloittesi partitive pomeloasi pomelojasi pomeloitasi inessive pomelossasi pomeloissasi elative pomelostasi pomeloistasi illative pomeloosi pomeloihisi adessive pomelollasi pomeloillasi ablative pomeloltasi pomeloiltasi allative pomelollesi pomeloillesi essive pomelonasi pomeloinasi translative pomeloksesi pomeloiksesi abessive pomelottasi pomeloittasi instructive — — comitative — pomeloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pomelomme pomelomme accusative nom. pomelomme pomelomme gen. pomelomme genitive pomelomme pomelojemme pomeloidemme pomeloittemme partitive pomeloamme pomelojamme pomeloitamme inessive pomelossamme pomeloissamme elative pomelostamme pomeloistamme illative pomeloomme pomeloihimme adessive pomelollamme pomeloillamme ablative pomeloltamme pomeloiltamme allative pomelollemme pomeloillemme essive pomelonamme pomeloinamme translative pomeloksemme pomeloiksemme abessive pomelottamme pomeloittamme instructive — — comitative — pomeloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pomelonne pomelonne accusative nom. pomelonne pomelonne gen. pomelonne genitive pomelonne pomelojenne pomeloidenne pomeloittenne partitive pomeloanne pomelojanne pomeloitanne inessive pomelossanne pomeloissanne elative pomelostanne pomeloistanne illative pomeloonne pomeloihinne adessive pomelollanne pomeloillanne ablative pomeloltanne pomeloiltanne allative pomelollenne pomeloillenne essive pomelonanne pomeloinanne translative pomeloksenne pomeloiksenne abessive pomelottanne pomeloittanne instructive — — comitative — pomeloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pomelonsa pomelonsa accusative nom. pomelonsa pomelonsa gen. pomelonsa genitive pomelonsa pomelojensa pomeloidensa pomeloittensa partitive pomeloaan pomeloansa pomelojaan pomeloitaan pomelojansa pomeloitansa inessive pomelossaan pomelossansa pomeloissaan pomeloissansa elative pomelostaan pomelostansa pomeloistaan pomeloistansa illative pomeloonsa pomeloihinsa adessive pomelollaan pomelollansa pomeloillaan pomeloillansa ablative pomeloltaan pomeloltansa pomeloiltaan pomeloiltansa allative pomelolleen pomelollensa pomeloilleen pomeloillensa essive pomelonaan pomelonansa pomeloinaan pomeloinansa translative pomelokseen pomeloksensa pomeloikseen pomeloiksensa abessive pomelottaan pomelottansa pomeloittaan pomeloittansa instructive — — comitative — pomeloineen pomeloinensa

Further reading

• “pomelo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.me.lo/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. Alternative spelling of pomélo

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. grapefruit

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈmɛ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛlo
• Hyphenation: po‧mè‧lo

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomeli)

1. pomelo (Citrus maxima)

Further reading

• pomelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Alternative forms

• pomela, pompela (less commmon)

Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈmɛ.lɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛlɔ
• Syllabification: po‧me‧lo

Noun

pomelo n (indeclinable)

1. pomelo (fruit)

   Synonyms: pomarańcza olbrzymia, szadok

2. pomelo (tree)

   Synonyms: pomarańcza olbrzymia, szadok

Further reading

• pomelo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pomelo in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. pomelo (large citric fruit native to southeast Asia)

Spanish

Common names for grapefruit is the Spanish-speaking world

Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈmelo/ [poˈme.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: po‧me‧lo

Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)

1. pomelo
2. grapefruit

   Synonym: toronja

Further reading

• “pomelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pomelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈmelo/, [poˈmɛ.lo]
• Hyphenation: po‧me‧lo

Noun

pomelo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜋᜒᜎᜓ)

1. pomelo (Citrus grandis)

   Synonyms: suha, lukban

Further reading

• “pomelo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018