rambutan

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay rambutan, English usage first attested 1707.

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Noun[edit]

rambutan (plural rambutans)

  1. A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
  2. The fruit of this tree.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115:
      Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.

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Brunei Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rambut +‎ -an (compare Malay rambutan)

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Noun[edit]

rambutan

  1. rambutan, fruit of the tropical tree Nephelium lappaceum

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Cebuano[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Malay rambutan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ram‧bu‧tan
  • IPA(key): /ɾamˈbutan/, [ɾ̪ʌmˈbu.t̪ʌn̪]

Noun[edit]

rambutan

  1. the rambutan tree (Nephelium lappaceum)
  2. the fruit of this tree

Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Malay rambutan or rambut +‎ -an.

Noun[edit]

rambutan (first-person possessive rambutanku, second-person possessive rambutanmu, third-person possessive rambutannya)

  1. rambutan (fruit)

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay rambutan.

Noun[edit]

rambutan m

  1. rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)

Malay[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

rambut (hair) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [räm.bo.tän], [räm.bu.tän]
  • Rhymes: -otan, -utan, -tan, -an
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

rambutan (Jawi spelling رمبوتن or رامبوتن, plural rambutan-rambutan, informal 1st possessive rambutanku, 2nd possessive rambutanmu, 3rd possessive rambutannya)

  1. rambutan (fruit)

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Southern Catanduanes Bicolano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay rambutan.

Noun[edit]

rambután

  1. rambutan (fruit)

Tagalog[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Malay rambutan, from rambut (hair) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ram‧bu‧tan
  • IPA(key): /ɾambuˈtan/, [ɾɐm.bʊˈtan]

Noun[edit]

rambután (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. rambutan (tree and fruit)
    Synonym: (obsolete) alpay

Further reading[edit]

  • rambutan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018