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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesグレープフルーツ
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gurēpufurūtsu
"毎朝グレープフルーツを食べています。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A large, round, yellow citrus fruit with an acidic, juicy, and slightly bitter pulp.
"She eats half a grapefruit with a sprinkle of sugar every morning."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from English 'grape' (alluding to the fruit growing in clusters resembling bunches of grapes) and 'fruit', first recorded in the late 18th century in Jamaica. It originated as a hybrid of the sweet orange and the pomelo.
10 Global Lexicons: How "Grapefruit" is said worldwide
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pamplemousse
Transliteration: pamplemousse
"J'aime boire du jus de pamplemousse au petit-déjeuner."
Grapefruit
Transliteration: Grapefruit
"Grapefruits sind sehr gesund, aber manchmal etwas bitter."
pompelmo
Transliteration: pompelmo
"Il succo di pompelmo è ricco di vitamina C."
toronja
Transliteration: toronja
"Desayuné tostadas y media toronja."
toranja
Transliteration: toranja
"O suco de toranja é refrescante no verão."
चकोतरा
Transliteration: chakotra
"चकोतरा सेहत के लिए बहुत अच्छा होता है।"
葡萄柚
Transliteration: pútáoyòu
"我早餐常常吃半个葡萄柚。"
자몽
Transliteration: jamong
"아침마다 자몽 주스를 마셔요."
グレープフルーツ
Transliteration: gurēpufurūtsu
"毎朝グレープフルーツを食べています。"
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