Meanings
plural mangosteens · alternative mangostan · alternative mangousteen
- A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 116- more specificallyA tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
- The tree on which the fruit grows.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEast Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Malaymanggustan
- Dutchmangosteen“mangosteen”
- Englishmangosteen
Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَانْغُوسْتِين, مَانْجُوسْتِين
- مَانْغُوسْتِين (manḡustīn)fruit
- مَانْجُوسْتِين (mangustīn)fruit
- جَوْز جَنْدَم (jawz jandam)fruit
Bengali ম্যাঙ্গোস্টিন
- ম্যাঙ্গোস্টিন (mêṅgōsṭin)fruit
Chinese Cantonese 山竹, 山竹果
- 山竹 (saan¹ zuk¹)fruit
- 山竹果 (saan¹ zuk¹ gwo²)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 山竹, 山竹果
- 山竹 (shānzhú)fruit
- 山竹果 (shānzhúguǒ)fruit
- 莽吉柿 (mǎngjíshì)fruit
Czech mangostana lahodná, mangostan
- mangostana lahodnáfruit
- mangostanfruit
Danish mangostan
- mangostanfruit
Dutch mangistan
- mangistanfruit
Esperanto mangostano
- mangostanofruit
Finnish mangostani
- mangostanifruit
French mangoustan, mangouste
- mangoustanfruit
- mangoustefruit
- brindonefruit
German Mangostane
- Mangostanefruit
Hindi मेन्गोस्टीन
- मेन्गोस्टीन (mengosṭīn)fruit
Hungarian mangosztán
- mangosztánfruit
Indonesian manggis
- manggisfruit
Italian mangostano
- mangostanofruit
Japanese マンゴスチン
- マンゴスチン (mangosuchin)fruit
Korean 망고스틴
- 망고스틴 (manggoseutin)fruit
Malay manggis, manggista
- manggisfruit
- manggistafruit
- manggistanfruit
- manggustanfruit
Persian گوز گندم
- گوز گندم (gowz-e gandom)fruit
Polish mangostan
- mangostanfruit
Portuguese mangostão, mangostim
- mangostãofruit
- mangostimfruit
Romanian mangustan
- mangustanfruit
Russian мангоста́н, мангуста́н
- мангоста́н (mangostán)fruit
- мангуста́н (mangustán)fruit
- мангустин (mangustin)fruit
Spanish mangostán, mangostino
- mangostánfruit
- mangostinofruit
Swedish mangostan
- mangostanfruit
Tagalog manggustan
- manggustanfruit
Tamil மாங்கிஸ், மங்குசுத்தான்
- மாங்கிஸ் (māṅkis)fruit
- மங்குசுத்தான் (maṅkucuttāṉ)fruit
Thai มังคุด
- มังคุด (mang-kút)fruit
Ukrainian мангоста́н, мангоста́на
- мангоста́н (manhostán)fruit
- мангоста́на (manhostána)fruit
- мангуста́н (manhustán)fruit
Vietnamese măng cụt
- măng cụtfruit
Cite this entry
mangosteen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangosteen
“mangosteen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangosteen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mangosteen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangosteen.
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