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A growing citron

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology).[1]

citron (countable and uncountable, plural citrons)

  1. A greenish yellow colour.
    citron:
  2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
  3. The fruit of a citron tree.
  4. The candied rind of the citron fruit.

tree

fruit

candied rind

citron (comparative more citron, superlative most citron)

  1. Of a greenish yellow colour.
  1. ^ Alain Rey, ed., Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, 4th edn. (Paris: Le Robert, 2010), 2197-8.
  2. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.72, page 275.

Borrowed from German Zitrone (“lemon, lemonade”).[1]

citron m inan

  1. lemon
  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001), “citron”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 107

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

citron c (singular definite citronen, plural indefinite citroner)

  1. lemon (yellowish citrus fruit; taste or flavor of lemons)

citron

  1. accusative singular of citro

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar, juniper”).[1]

citron m (plural citrons)

  1. lemon
  2. lime (citrus)
  3. brimstone (butterfly)
  4. (colloquial) noggin (head)
  5. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)
  6. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) East Asian
    Synonym: see Est-Asiatique
    Hyponym: chinetoque
  1. ^ Alain Rey, ed., Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, 4th edn. (Paris: Le Robert, 2010), 2197-8.

en hel och en delad citron [a whole and a split lemon]

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

citron c

  1. lemon
    Citroner är sura / smakar surt
    Lemons are sour / taste sour
    Pressa i saften från citronen
    Squeeze in the juice from the lemon
    glass med citronsmak
    lemon-flavored ice cream [ice cream with lemon taste]