calamondin

English

WOTD – 14 November 2015

Calamondin

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• calomondin

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan kalamunding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæləˈmɒndɪn/

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Noun

calamondin (plural calamondins)

1. A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
2. The fruit of this tree.

Synonyms

• calamansi, calamandarin, Philippine lemon, Philippine lime

Translations

tree

• Bikol Central: suwa (bcl) (Legazpi), lemonsito (bcl) (Naga)
• Cebuano: limonsito
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四季橘 (sìjìjú)

• Finnish: kääpiösitrus (fi)
• French: calamondin (fr) m
• Hungarian: kalamondin (hu)
• Italian: calamondino m
• Japanese: カラマンシー (ja) (karamanshī)
• Kapampangan: kalamunding
• Korean: 칼라만시 (kallamansi)
• Malay: limau kasturi
• Romanian: calamondin (ro) m
• Sinhalese: හින්නාරං (hinnāraṁ)
• Spanish: calamondina f
• Tagalog: kalamansi, kalamunding
• Vietnamese: quả tắc
• Waray-Waray: limonsito

fruit

• Finnish: kääpiösitrus (fi)
• German: Calamondin f, Calamondin-Orange f
• Polish: kalamondyna f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la.mɔ̃.dɛ̃/

Noun

calamondin m (plural calamondins)

1. calamondin