Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
Similar
cumquatkumquat tree
Broader
citruscitrus tree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Cantonese金橘
- Englishkumquat
From Cantonese 金橘 (gam¹ gwat¹) or 金桔 (gam¹ gwat¹, literally “golden tangerine”). Related to loquat – same second character.
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Arabic بُرْتُقَال ذَهَبِيّ
- بُرْتُقَال ذَهَبِيّ (burtuqāl ḏahabiyy)small orange fruit
Catalan cumquat
- cumquatsmall orange fruit
Chinese Cantonese 柑橘
- 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹)small orange fruit
Chinese Mandarin 金桔, 金橘
- 金桔 (jīnjú)small orange fruit
- 金橘 (jīnjú)small orange fruit
Czech kumquat, kumkvat
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
- kumkvatsmall orange fruit
Dutch kumquat
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
Esperanto fortunelo, kumkvato
- fortunelosmall orange fruit
- kumkvatosmall orange fruit
Finnish kumkvatti
- kumkvattismall orange fruit
French kumquat
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
German Kumquat
- Kumquatsmall orange fruit
Greek κουμκουάτ
- κουμκουάτ (koumkouát)small orange fruit
Hawaiian kamakuaka
- kamakuakasmall orange fruit
Hebrew קומקוואט
- קומקוואט (kumkwat)small orange fruit
Hungarian kumkvat, törpemandarin
- kumkvatsmall orange fruit
- törpemandarinsmall orange fruit
Indonesian kimkit
- kimkitsmall orange fruit
Irish cumcuat
- cumcuatsmall orange fruit
Italian kumquat, mandarino cinese
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
- mandarino cinesesmall orange fruit
- fortunellasmall orange fruit
- chinottosmall orange fruit
Japanese 金柑, キンカン
- 金柑 (kinkan)small orange fruit
- キンカン (kinkan)small orange fruit
Korean 금귤
- 금귤 (geumgyul)small orange fruit
Lithuanian kinkãnas
- kinkãnassmall orange fruit
Polish kumkwat
- kumkwatsmall orange fruit
Portuguese kumquat, cunquate
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
- cunquatesmall orange fruit
- quincãsmall orange fruit
Romanian kumquat
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
Russian кумква́т
- кумква́т (kumkvát)small orange fruit
Spanish kumquat, quinoto
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
- quinotosmall orange fruit
Swedish kumquat
- kumquatsmall orange fruit
Thai ส้มจี๊ด
- ส้มจี๊ด (sôm-jíit)small orange fruit
Turkish kamkat, altın portakal
- kamkatsmall orange fruit
- altın portakalsmall orange fruit
- çin portakalısmall orange fruit
- kamkuatsmall orange fruit
Vietnamese kim quất, quất
- kim quấtsmall orange fruit
- quấtsmall orange fruit
- tắcsmall orange fruit
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