Meanings
nounpassion fruit (countable and uncountable, plural passion fruit or passion fruits)
plural passion fruits · alternative passionfruit
- countableuncountableA plant, passiflora, that produces an edible fruit.
- countableuncountableThe edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora edulis; a round fruit with a purple or yellow skin which is native to Brazil.
Passion fruits are added for visual interest.
1 more example
He brought four passion fruits from the market.
- uncountableThe flesh of the edible fruit.
A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest.
- colloquialcountableuncountableA passionate person; a lover.
“Ah my little passion fruit,” José cooed, “I knew it. You are feeling the love too!”
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Origin
Translations
Arabic ثَمَرَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام, فَاكِهَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام
- ثَمَرَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام (ṯamarat zahrat al-ʔālām)edible fruit
- فَاكِهَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام (fākihat zahrat al-ʔālām)edible fruit
- مَارَاكُويَّا (marakūyyā)edible fruit
Bulgarian мараку́я
- мараку́я (marakúja)edible fruit
Catalan maracujà
- maracujàedible fruit
Chinese 西番蓮 /西番莲, 西番蓮果肉 /西番莲果肉
- 西番蓮 /西番莲 (xīfānlián)plant
- 西番蓮果肉 /西番莲果肉flesh of the fruit
- 西番莲果肉 (xīfānliánguǒ)flesh of the fruit
- 百香果果肉flesh of the fruit
- 百香果果肉 (bǎixiāngguǒguǒròu)flesh of the fruit
Chinese Cantonese 熱情果 /热情果
- 熱情果 /热情果 (jit⁶ cing⁴ gwo²)edible fruit
Chinese Mandarin 西番蓮果 /西番莲果, 百香果
- 西番蓮果 /西番莲果 (xīfānlián guǒ)edible fruit
- 百香果 (bǎixiāngguǒ)edible fruit
Czech plod mučenky, marakuja
- plod mučenkyedible fruit
- marakujaedible fruit
Dutch passievrucht, markoesa
- passievruchtedible fruit
- markoesaedible fruit
Esperanto pasifrukto, marakujo
- pasifruktoedible fruit
- marakujoedible fruit
Finnish punapassio, passiohedelmä
- punapassioplant
- passiohedelmäedible fruit
- passionhedelmäflesh of the fruit
French fruit de la passion
- fruit de la passionedible fruit
German Passionsfrucht, Maracuja
- Passionsfruchtedible fruit
- Maracujaedible fruit
Greek φρούτο του πάθους
- φρούτο του πάθους (froúto tou páthous)edible fruit
Hawaiian lilikoʻi, lilikoʻi
- lilikoʻiplant
- lilikoʻiedible fruit
Hebrew פסיפלורה
- פסיפלורהedible fruit
Hindi कृष्णकमल फल, कृष्णा फल
- कृष्णकमल फल (kŕṣṇakmal phal)edible fruit
- कृष्णा फल (kŕṣṇā phal)edible fruit
Hungarian passiógyümölcs, maraguja
- passiógyümölcsedible fruit
- maragujaedible fruit
Icelandic passíuávöxtur
- passíuávöxturedible fruit
Indonesian markisa, markisa
- markisaplant
- markisaedible fruit
Irish páiseog
- páiseogedible fruit
Italian frutto della passione
- frutto della passioneedible fruit
Japanese パッションフルーツ
- パッションフルーツ (passhonfurūtsu)edible fruit
Korean 패션프루츠, 백향과
- 패션프루츠 (paesyeonpeurucheu)edible fruit
- 백향과 (baekhyanggwa)edible fruit
Latvian marakuja
- marakujaedible fruit
Malay markisa, buah markisa
- markisaplant
- buah markisaedible fruit
Māori akakaikū, kōhia
- akakaikūplant
- kōhiaplant
- koheplant
- kōhiaedible fruit
Norwegian Bokmål pasjonsfrukt
- pasjonsfruktedible fruit
Persian پشن فروت
- پشن فروت (pašen frut)edible fruit
Polish marakuja, marakuja
- marakujaplant
- marakujaedible fruit
Portuguese maracujazeiro, maracujá
- maracujazeiroplant
- maracujáedible fruit
- polpa de maracujáflesh of the fruit
Romanian fructul pasiunii, maracuia
- fructul pasiuniiedible fruit
- maracuiaedible fruit
Russian мараку́йя, страстоцве́т
- мараку́йя (marakújja)plant
- страстоцве́т (strastocvét)plant
- пассифло́ра (passiflóra)plant
- мараку́йя (marakújja)edible fruit
- страстоцве́т (strastocvét)edible fruit
- плод стра́сти (plod strásti)edible fruit
- пе́шенфрут (pɛ́šenfrut)edible fruit
- пешенфру́т (pɛšenfrút)edible fruit
- пассифло́ра (passiflóra)edible fruit
Spanish pasionaria, granadilla
- pasionariaplant
- granadillaedible fruit
- maracuyáedible fruit
- calalaedible fruit
- chinolaedible fruit
- parchaedible fruit
- parchitaedible fruit
Swedish passionsfrukt, passionsfruktkött
- passionsfruktedible fruit
- passionsfruktköttflesh of the fruit
Tagalog pasyunarya
- pasyunaryaedible fruit
Thai เสาวรส
- เสาวรส (sǎo-wá-rót)edible fruit
Turkish çarkıfelek, çarkıfelek
- çarkıfelekplant
- çarkıfelekedible fruit
Ukrainian мараку́я
- мараку́я (marakúja)edible fruit
Vietnamese chanh dây, chanh leo
- chanh dâyedible fruit
- chanh leoedible fruit
Welsh granadila
- granadilaedible fruit
Cite this entry
APA
passion fruit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passion%20fruit
MLA
“passion fruit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passion%20fruit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passion fruit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passion%20fruit.
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