Meanings
plural persimmons · alternative obsolete persimon · alternative obsolete putchamin
- The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
I warned them not to eat the persimmons until they were soft to the touch.
1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 94Synonyms: date plum, kaki, Sharon fruit, possum apple, simmon
- The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
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Origin
- Proto-Algonquian*paᐧʔsamwa“dry”
- Powhatanpichamins
- Englishpersimmon
From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), for the first element, compare Proto-Algonquian *paᐧʔsamwa (“dry”). The second element is from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.
More words from Powhatan, Proto-Algonquian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كَاكَا, كَاكِي
- كَاكَا (kākā)fruit
- كَاكِي (kākī)fruit
- بِرْسِيمُون (birsimūn)fruit
Basque kakiondo, kaki
- kakiondotree
- kakifruit
Bulgarian фурма́, япо́нска я́бълка
- фурма́ (furmá)fruit
- япо́нска я́бълка (japónska jábălka)fruit
Catalan caquier, persimó
- caquiertree
- persimótree
- banústree
- caquifruit
Chinese Cantonese 腍柿
- 腍柿 (nam⁴ ci²)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 柿樹 /柿树, 柿子
- 柿樹 /柿树 (shì shù)tree
- 柿子 (shìzi)fruit
Czech tomel, kaki
- tomeltree
- kakifruit
- tomelfruit
Danish kaki
- kakifruit
Dutch kaki
- kakifruit
Esperanto persimono, diospiro
- persimonotree
- diospirotree
- persimonofruit
Estonian hurmaa, kakiploom
- hurmaatree
- kakiploomtree
- kakitree
- hurmaafruit
Finnish kaki, kaki
- kakitree
- kakifruit
- persimonifruit
- sharonfruit
- taateliluumufruit
French plaqueminier, kaki
- plaqueminiertree
- kakifruit
- plaquemine du Japonfruit
German Persimonenbaum, Persimone
- Persimonenbaumtree
- Persimonefruit
- Kakifruit
- Lotuspflaumefruit
Greek λωτός, λωτός
- λωτός (lotós)tree
- λωτός (lotós)fruit
Hebrew אֲפַרְסְמוֹן, אֲפַרְסְמוֹן
- אֲפַרְסְמוֹן (afarsemón)tree
- אֲפַרְסְמוֹן (afarsemón)fruit
Hindi ख़ुरमा
- ख़ुरमा (xurmā)fruit
Hungarian datolyaszilva, datolyaszilva
- datolyaszilvatree
- datolyaszilvafruit
Icelandic döðluplóma, persimónía
- döðluplómatree
- persimóníatree
Indonesian kesemek
- kesemekfruit
Irish crann dátphlumaí, dátphluma
- crann dátphlumaítree
- dátphlumafruit
Italian cachi, cachi
- cachitree
- cachifruit
- diospirofruit
- cacofruit
Japanese 柿の木, 柿
- 柿の木 (kakinoki)tree
- 柿 (kaki)fruit
- パーシモン (pāshimon)fruit
Korean 감나무, 감
- 감나무 (gamnamu)tree
- 감 (gam)fruit
- 퍼시몬 (peosimon)fruit
Latvian hurma
- hurmafruit
Lithuanian persimonas
- persimonasfruit
Malay kesmak, buah samak
- kesmakfruit
- buah samakfruit
- pisang kakifruit
Māori āporo makimaki
- āporo makimakifruit
Norwegian kaki, kakiplomme
- kakifruit
- kakiplommefruit
- kakifruktfruit
- persimonfruit
Persian خرمالو
- خرمالو (xormâlu)fruit
Polish hebanowiec, hurma
- hebanowiectree
- hurmatree
- kakitree
- persymonatree
- szarontree
- kakifruit
- persymonafruit
- szaronfruit
- hurmafruit
Portuguese caquizeiro, diospireiro
- caquizeirotree
- diospireirotree
- caquifruit
- dióspirofruit
Punjabi ਪਰਸਿੰਮਨ
- ਪਰਸਿੰਮਨ (parsimman)fruit
Romanian kaki
- kakifruit
Russian хурма́, хурма́
- хурма́ (xurmá)tree
- хурма́ (xurmá)fruit
Slovak kaki, ebenovník rajčiakový
- kakitree
- ebenovník rajčiakovýtree
- kakifruit
- hurmafruit
- churmafruit
- hurmikakifruit
Spanish caqui, palosanto
- caquitree
- palosantotree
- caquifruit
- kakifruit
- persimónfruit
- persimoniofruit
- pérsimofruit
- placaminerofruit
Swedish persimonträd, kakiträd
- persimonträdtree
- kakiträdtree
- persimonfruit
- kakifruit
- sharonfruktfruit
Tagalog kamagong, mabolo
- kamagongtree
- mabolotree
Thai พลับ, พลับ
- พลับ (pláp)tree
- พลับ (pláp)fruit
Turkish Trabzon hurması, Japon hurması
- Trabzon hurmasıtree
- Japon hurmasıtree
- Trabzon hurmasıfruit
- Japon hurmasıfruit
- hurmafruit
Ukrainian хурма́, персимо́на
- хурма́ (xurmá)fruit
- персимо́на (persymóna)fruit
Urdu جاپانی پھل, خرما
- جاپانی پھل (jāpānī phal)fruit
- خرما (xurmā)fruit
Vietnamese hồng, quả hồng vàng
- hồngtree
- quả hồng vàngfruit
- hồngfruit
Cite this entry
persimmon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persimmon
“persimmon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persimmon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “persimmon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persimmon.
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