English
Pronunciation
IPA : /ˈlemən/
Noun
lemon (plural lemons )
- A yellow citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree that bears lemons.
- The pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
- The taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
- (slang) A defective or inadequate item.
Translations
citrus fruit
- Albanian: limon m
- Breton: sitron m -où plural, suraval m -où plural (1)
- Catalan: llimona f
- Chinese: 檸檬
- Czech: citron
- Danish: citron
- Dutch: citroen
- Estonian: sidrun
- Finnish: sitruuna
- French: citron m
- Frisian: sitroen
- Galician: limón m
- German: Zitrone (de) f
- Greek: λεμόνι (lemoni) n
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- Hebrew: לימון (Li-MON) m
- Hungarian: citrom
- Ido: citrono
- Indonesian: jeruk nipis , limau
- Italian: limone m
- Irish: líomóid f
- Japanese: レモン , 檸檬
- Polish: cytryna
- Polish: limão
- Romanian: lămâie f
- лимон m
- Slovak: citrón m
- Slovenian: limona f
- Spanish: limón m
- Swedish: citron c
- Vietnamese: quả chanh
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tree
- Catalan: llimoner m
- Dutch: citroenboom
- Finnish: sitruunapuu
- Galician: limoeiro m
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colour/color
- Finnish: sitruunankeltainen
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taste
- Finnish: sitruunan makuinen
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a defective item
- Finnish: susi, maanantaikappale
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The translations below might be out of synch with the definitions above. Would native speakers please check these translations and insert them into the appropriate table(s) above.
- Catalan: llimona f (3, 4)
- Dutch: citroengeel (3), citroensmaak (4)
- Polish: drzewo cytrynowe (2), kolor cytrynowy (3)
- Romanian: lămâi m (2), galben-verziu (3), acru (3)
- Slovenian: limona f (2)
- Spanish: limón m (3, 4)
- Vietnamese: cây chanh (2), mầu chanh (3)
Adjective
lemon (no comparative or superlative forms)
- Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
- Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
Translations
having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
- Dutch: citroen -
- Finnish: sitruunan makuinen , sitruuna- (prefix in a compound)
- French: au citron
- Italian: al citrone
- Polish: cytrynowy
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- Slovak: citrónový m, citrónová f, citrónové n
- Slovene: limonin m, limonina f, limonino n, limonov m, limonova f, limonovo n
- Swedish: citron-
- Vietnamese: (having the flavour/flavor of lemons) có chanh
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having the colour/color of lemons
- Dutch: citroengele
- Estonian: sidrunkollane
- Finnish: sitruunankeltainen , sitruunan värinen
- French: jaune citron
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- Romanian: galben-verziu
- Swedish: citrongul
- Vietnamese: mầu chanh
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Related terms
- lemonade
- lemon curd
- lemon meringue pie
- lemony
See also
