Meanings
plural papayas
- The fruit of this tree.
It was that image, its practical mundanity, the preparation of fruit I have seen you do a thousand times, the spoon gliding along the papaya’s flesh-orange core, a slush of black seeds plopping into the steel sink, that made it unbearable.
2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 135Synonyms: pawpaw
- An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
nounThe fruit of this tree.
More synonyms by meaning
nountropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic بَابَايَا
- بَابَايَا (bābāyā)fruit
Basque papaia, papaiondo
- papaiafruit
- papaiondotree
Bengali পেঁপে, কয়ফল
- পেঁপে (pẽpe)fruit
- কয়ফল (koẏfol)fruit
Bulgarian папа́я, папая
- папа́я (papája)fruit
- папая (papaja)tree
Catalan papaia
- papaiafruit
Central Thai มะละกอ, มะละกอ
- มะละกอ (má-lá-gɔɔ)fruit
- มะละกอ (má-lá-gɔɔ)tree
Chinese Cantonese 木瓜
- 木瓜 (muk⁶ gwaa¹)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 番木瓜, 木瓜
- 番木瓜 (fānmùguā)fruit
- 木瓜 (mùguā)fruit
Czech papája
- papájafruit
Danish papaja
- papajafruit
Dutch papaja, papajaboom
- papajafruit
- papajaboomtree
- meloenboomtree
Esperanto papajo
- papajofruit
Estonian papaia
- papaiafruit
Finnish papaija, papaija
- papaijafruit
- papaijatree
French papaye, papayer
- papayefruit
- papayertree
German Papaya
- Papayafruit
Greek παπάγια
- παπάγια (papágia)fruit
Hawaiian mīkana, milikana
- mīkanafruit
- milikanafruit
- hēʻīfruit
Hebrew פָּפָּיָה, פפאיה
- פָּפָּיָה (papáya)fruit
- פפאיה (papáya)fruit
Hindi पपीता, पपीता
- पपीता (papītā)fruit
- पपीता (papītā)tree
Indonesian pepaya, betik
- pepayafruit
- betikfruit
- pepayatree
Italian papaia
- papaiafruit
Japanese パパイヤ
- パパイヤ (papaiya)fruit
Korean 파파야
- 파파야 (papaya)fruit
Latvian papaija
- papaijafruit
Lithuanian papaja
- papajafruit
Malay betik, pepaya
- betikfruit
- pepayafruit
- kepayafruit
- betiktree
- pepayatree
- kepayatree
Māori papaia
- papaiafruit
Norwegian papaya
- papayafruit
Persian پاپایه
- پاپایه (pâpâye)fruit
Polish papaja, melonowiec
- papajafruit
- melonowiecfruit
- papajatree
Portuguese mamão, papaia
- mamãofruit
- papaiafruit
- mamoeirotree
Punjabi ਪਪੀਤਾ
- ਪਪੀਤਾ (papītā)fruit
Romanian papaia
- papaiafruit
Russian папа́йя, папа́йя
- папа́йя (papájja)fruit
- папа́йя (papájja)tree
Slovak papája
- papájafruit
Spanish papaya, papaya)
- papayafruit
- papaya)fruit
- lechosafruit
- mamónfruit
- putfruit
- papayotree
- frutabombatree
- papayerotree
- lechosotree
Swahili papai, papayu
- papaifruit
- papayufruit
- mpapaitree
Swedish papaya
- papayafruit
Tagalog papaya
- papayafruit
Tamil பப்பாளி, பப்பாளி
- பப்பாளி (pappāḷi)fruit
- பப்பாளி (pappāḷi)tree
Turkish papaya, papaya
- papayafruit
- papayatree
Ukrainian папа́йя
- папа́йя (papájja)fruit
Urdu پپیتا
- پپیتا (papītā)fruit
Vietnamese đu đủ, thù đủ
- đu đủfruit
- thù đủfruit
- cây đu đủtree
Welsh papaia, papaia
- papaiafruit
- papaiatree
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with papaya
Anagrams
Cite this entry
papaya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papaya
“papaya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papaya. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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