Meanings
plural jujubes
- The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
- A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.
Synonyms: Chinese date, red date, Korean date, Indian date
- The fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: Chinese date, red date, Korean date, Indian date, fructus jujubae
- A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.
Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, regi pandu, Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
- The fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, regi pandu, Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.
nounThe fruit of this tree.
nounA fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.
nounThe fruit of this tree.
nounA type of candy; specific type varies by country.
More synonyms by meaning
nounspiny tree having dark red edible fruits
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekζίζυφον
- Classical Latinzīzyphum
- Old Frenchjujube
- Medieval Latinjujuba
- Middle Englishjujube
- Englishjujube
From Middle English jujube, from Medieval Latin jujuba or Old French jujube, perhaps via Old Occitan from Classical Latin zīzyphum, zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon)․ First attested in the 14th century.
More words from Middle English, Medieval Latin, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ζίζυφον
- ζίζυφον (zízuphon)Ziziphus jujuba tree
Arabic عُنَّاب, عُنَّاب
- عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
Bengali কুল, বরই
- কুল (kul)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
- বরই (boroi)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
Bulgarian хинап, хинап
- хинап (hinap)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- хинап (hinap)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
Catalan ginjoler, gínjol
- ginjolerZiziphus jujuba tree
- gínjolZiziphus jujuba fruit
- ginjolerZiziphus mauritiana tree
- gínjolZiziphus mauritiana fruit
Chinese Cantonese 棗 /枣, 紅棗 /红枣
- 棗 /枣 (zou²)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- 紅棗 /红枣Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- 滇刺棗 /滇刺枣Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
- 印度棗 /印度枣 (jan³ dou⁶ zou²)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
- 青棗 /青枣Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
Chinese Mandarin 棗樹 /枣树, 棗 /枣
- 棗樹 /枣树 (zǎoshù)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- 棗 /枣 (zǎo)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- 紅棗 /红枣 (hóngzǎo)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- 印度棗 /印度枣 (Yìndù zǎo)Ziziphus mauritiana tree
- 印度棗 /印度枣 (Yìndù zǎo)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
- 青棗 /青枣 (qīngzǎo)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
Dutch jujube
- jujubeZiziphus jujuba fruit
Esperanto jujubo
- jujuboZiziphus jujuba fruit
Finnish kiinanjujuba, kiinanjujuba
- kiinanjujubaZiziphus jujuba tree
- kiinanjujubaZiziphus jujuba fruit
- jujubeZiziphus jujuba fruit
French jujubier, jujube
- jujubierZiziphus jujuba tree
- jujubeZiziphus jujuba fruit
German Jujube, chinesische Dattel
- JujubeZiziphus jujuba tree
- chinesische DattelZiziphus jujuba tree
- JujubeZiziphus jujuba fruit
- chinesische DattelZiziphus jujuba fruit
- BrustbeereZiziphus jujuba fruit
- Indische JujubeZiziphus mauritiana tree
Greek τζιτζιφιά, ζίζιφο
- τζιτζιφιά (tzitzifiá)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- ζίζιφο (zízifo)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- τζίτζιφο (tzítzifo)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- ζίζιφο (zízifo)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
Hindi बेर, बदर
- बेर (ber)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- बदर (badar)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
Hungarian zsidótövis, zsidótövisbogyó
- zsidótövisZiziphus jujuba tree
- zsidótövisbogyóZiziphus jujuba fruit
Italian giuggiolo, giuggiola
- giuggioloZiziphus jujuba tree
- giuggiolaZiziphus jujuba fruit
Japanese 棗
- 棗 (natsume)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
Korean 대추나무, 대추
- 대추나무 (daechunamu)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- 대추 (daechu)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
Latin zizyphus, zizyphum
- zizyphusZiziphus jujuba tree
- zizyphumZiziphus jujuba fruit
Lithuanian zizifas, zizifas
- zizifasZiziphus jujuba tree
- zizifasZiziphus jujuba fruit
Norwegian Bokmål jujube, brystbær
- jujubesweet, edible drupes of several species
- brystbærsweet, edible drupes of several species
- jujubeZiziphus jujuba tree
- jujubeZiziphus jujuba fruit
- brystbærZiziphus jujuba fruit
- jujubeZiziphus mauritiana tree
- jujubeZiziphus mauritiana fruit
- brystbærZiziphus mauritiana fruit
Persian عناب, تبرخون
- عناب ('annâb)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- تبرخون (tabarxun)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- چیلان (čīlān)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- سیلانه (sīlāne)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- عناب ('annâb)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- تبرخون (tabarxun)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
Polish jujuba, jujuba
- jujubaZiziphus jujuba tree
- jujubaZiziphus jujuba fruit
Portuguese jujuba, jujubeira
- jujubaZiziphus jujuba tree
- jujubeiraZiziphus jujuba tree
- jujubaZiziphus jujuba fruit
Romanian jujub, jujubier
- jujubZiziphus jujuba tree
- jujubierZiziphus jujuba tree
- jujubăZiziphus jujuba fruit
Russian юю́ба, кита́йский фи́ник
- юю́ба (jujúba)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- кита́йский фи́ник (kitájskij fínik)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- уна́би (unábi)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- жужу́ба (žužúba)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- жужу́б (žužúb)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- юю́ба (jujúba)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- кита́йский фи́ник (kitájskij fínik)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- уна́би (unábi)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- жужу́ба (žužúba)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- жужу́б (žužúb)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
Spanish azufaifo, jinjolero
- azufaifoZiziphus jujuba tree
- jinjoleroZiziphus jujuba tree
- azufaifaZiziphus jujuba fruit
- jínjolZiziphus jujuba fruit
Tamil இலந்தை, இலந்தைக்காய்
- இலந்தை (ilantai)Ziziphus jujuba tree
- இலந்தைக்காய் (ilantaikkāy)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- இலந்தைப்பழம் (ilantaippaḻam)Ziziphus jujuba fruit
- இலந்தை (ilantai)Ziziphus mauritiana tree
- இலந்தைக்காய் (ilantaikkāy)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
- இலந்தைப்பழம் (ilantaippaḻam)Ziziphus mauritiana fruit
Turkish hünnap, İnnap
- hünnapZiziphus jujuba tree
- İnnapZiziphus jujuba fruit
- hünnapZiziphus jujuba fruit
Vietnamese cây táo tàu, quả táo tàu
- cây táo tàuZiziphus jujuba tree
- quả táo tàuZiziphus jujuba fruit
- cây táo taZiziphus mauritiana tree
- quả táo taZiziphus mauritiana fruit
Cite this entry
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