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See also: rambután
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Malay rambutan, English usage first attested 1707.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rambutan (plural rambutans)
- A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
- 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.
Translations[edit]
fruit
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Anagrams[edit]
Brunei Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
rambut + -an (compare Malay rambutan)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rambutan
- rambutan, fruit of the tropical tree Nephelium lappaceum
See also[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ram‧bu‧tan
Noun[edit]
rambutan
- the rambutan tree (Nephelium lappaceum)
- the fruit of this tree
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay rambutan or rambut + -an.
Noun[edit]
rambutan (plural, first-person possessive rambutanku, second-person possessive rambutanmu, third-person possessive rambutannya)
- rambutan (fruit)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rambutan m (plural rambutan)
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rambutan (Jawi spelling رمبوتن or رامبوتن, plural rambutan-rambutan, informal 1st possessive rambutanku, impolite 2nd possessive rambutanmu, 3rd possessive rambutannya)
- rambutan (fruit)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “rambutan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rambutan
- rambutan (fruit)
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- kxd:Fruits
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- ceb:Soapberry family plants
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- id:Fruits
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