rambutan

See also: rambután

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rambutan, English usage first attested 1707.

Noun

rambutan (plural rambutans)

1. A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
2. The fruit of this tree.

Translations

fruit

• Arabic: رَامْبُوتَان‎‎ m (rambutān)
• Bengali: রামবুটান (rambuṭan)
• Burmese: ကြက်မောက် (my) (krakmauk), ကြက်မောက်သီး (my) (krakmauksi:)
• Central Dusun: rangalau
• Central Melanau: ramutan
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紅毛丹, 红毛丹 (hung⁴ mou⁴ daan¹)

  Mandarin: 韶子 (zh) (sháozi), 紅毛丹 (zh), 红毛丹 (zh) (hóngmáodān)

• Estonian: rambutan (et)
• Finnish: rambutani
• French: ramboutan (fr) m, litchi chevelu (fr) m
• German: Rambutan (de) m
• Hawaiian: nekēnetela
• Hebrew: רמבוטן‎‎
• Hindi: रम्बूटान (rambūṭān)

• Indonesian: rambutan (id)
• Japanese: ランブータン (ranbūtan)
• Khmer: សាវម៉ាវ (km) (saav maav)
• Korean: 람부탄 (rambutan)
• Lao: ໝາກເງາະ (māk ngǫ), ເງາະ (ngǫ)
• Malay: rambutan (ms)
• Navajo: chʼil ditsʼozíłchííʼ
• Portuguese: rambutã m
• Russian: рамбута́н (ru) m (rambután)
• Spanish: rambután m
• Tagal Murut: rangalau
• Tagalog: rambutan
• Thai: เงาะ (th) (ngɔ́)
• Vietnamese: chôm chôm

Anagrams

• antumbra

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay rambutan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ram‧bu‧tan

Noun

rambutan

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

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rambutan or rambut +‎ -an.

Noun

rambutan

1. rambutan (fruit)

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Malay

Alternative forms

• رامبوتن‎

Etymology

rambut +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rambotan]
• Rhymes: -otan, -tan, -an

Noun

rambutan (Jawi spelling رامبوتن, plural rambutan-rambutan)

1. rambutan (fruit)

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Malay rambutan.

Noun

rambutan

1. rambutan (fruit)