kumquat

• cumquat, komquat

From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹) or 金橘 (gam¹ gwat¹, literally “golden tangerine”). Related to loquat – same second character.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɒt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

kumquat (plural kumquats)

1. A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).

• citrangequat (Citrus × georgiana)
• lemonquat (Citrus × japonica)
• limequat (Citrus × floridana)
• mandarinquat (Citrus japonica × Citrus reticulata)
• Nagami kumquat
• orangequat
• sunquat (Citrus × japonica)

• loquat

• kumquat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Citrus japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Citrus japonica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

kumquat

Wikipedia ^cs

• kumkvat

Borrowed from English kumquat, from Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

kumquat m inan (related adjective kumquatový)

1. kumquat (tree of Citrus japonica)
2. kumquat (fruit of Citrus japonica)

• “kumquat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

kumquat m (plural kumquats, diminutive kumquatje n)

1. kumquat

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kumquat”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• kumquat on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat

• “kumquat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from English kumquat.

kumquat m (invariable)

1. kumquat

   Synonym: mandarino cinese

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat (small orange fruit)

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat

   Synonyms: naranjo chino, naranjo enano, quinoto