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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese gấc.
Pronunciation
Noun
gac (uncountable)
- The Southeast Asian fruit Momordica cochinchinensis, a reddish spiny gourd with high lycopene content.
Synonyms
Translations
Momordica cochinchinensis
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 木鱉果 / 木鳖果 (muk6 bit3 gwo2), 木鱉子 / 木鳖子 (muk6 bit3 zi2)
- Mandarin: 木鱉果 / 木鳖果 (mùbiēguǒ), 木虌子, 木鱉子 / 木鳖子 (zh) (mùbiēzǐ)
- French: gac (fr)
- Japanese: 南蛮烏瓜,, ナンバンカラスウリ (Nanban karasuuri), ガック (Gakku), 木鼈子, モクベツシ (mokubetsushi)
- Korean: 걱 (geok), 목별자(木鼈子) (ko) (mokbyeolja), 목별과(木鼈果) (mokbyeolgwa)
- Russian: гак (ru) m (gak)
- Thai: ฟักข้าว (fák-kâao)
- Vietnamese: gấc (vi)
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Etymology
From Proto-Tai *qaːꟲ (“to kill”).
Pronunciation
Verb
gac
- to kill