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Latest revision as of 22:51, 1 June 2013 English[edit] Wikipedia Wikipedia Wikispecies Etymology[edit] From Old French lymon ("citrus"), from Arabic ليمون (laymūn) or Ottoman Turkish لیمون (limun), from Persian لیمو (limu). Cognate with Sanskrit निम्ब (nimbū, "lime"). Pronunciation[edit] lemon (plural lemons) - A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
- A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
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- (slang) A defective or inadequate item.
- He didn't realise until he'd paid for it that the car was a lemon.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.
- 2009, Caitlin Moran, 'Why I love paying tax', The Times, 12 Oct 2009:
- Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from "lemon flavour") favour, favor.
- A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
- (fandom slang) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
Synonyms[edit] Derived terms[edit] Related terms[edit] See also[edit] Translations[edit] citrus fruit - Afrikaans: suurlemoen (af)
- Albanian: limon (sq) m
- Arabic: ليمون (ar) (laymūn) m
- Egyptian Arabic: لمون (lamūn) m
- Moroccan Arabic: حمض (ḥamḍ)
- Armenian: լիմոն (hy) (limon)
- Asturian: llimón (ast) m
- Azeri: limon (az)
- Basque: limoi (eu)
- Belarusian: лімон (be) (limón) m, цытрына (be) (cytrýna) f
- Bengali: লেবু (bn) (lebu)
- Breton: sitron (br) m, sitronoù (br) pl, suraval (br) m, (1) suravaloù (br) pl
- Bulgarian: лимон (bg) (limón) m
- Burmese: ရှောက် (my) (shau'), သံပရို (my) (than bajou)
- Catalan: llimona (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 檸檬 (cmn), 柠檬 (cmn) (níngméng)
- Czech: citrón (cs) m, citron (cs)
- Danish: citron (da)
- Dutch: citroen (nl) f
- Esperanto: citrono (eo), limono (eo), cedrato (eo)
- Estonian: sidrun (et)
- Ewe: mumue n
- Faroese: sitrón (fo) f
- Finnish: sitruuna (fi)
- French: citron (fr) m
- Galician: limón (gl) m
- Georgian: ლიმონი (ka) (limoni)
- German: Zitrone (de) f
- Greek: λεμόνι (el) (lemóni) n
- Guernésiais: limaon m
- Hebrew: לימון (he) (limón) m
- Hindi: नींबू (hi) (nīmbū) m, नीबू (hi) (nībū) m
- Hungarian: citrom (hu)
- Icelandic: sítróna (is) f
- Ido: citrono (io)
- Indonesian: jeruk sitrun (id), jeruk lemon (id)
- Irish: líomóid (ga) f
- Italian: limone (it) m
- Japanese: レモン (ja) (remon)
- Jèrriais: limon m
- Kannada: ಇಲಿಮಿಂಚಿ (kn) (ilimin̄ci)
- Kazakh: лимон (kk) (lïmon)
- Khmer: ក្រូចឆ្មារ (km) (krooc cmaa)
- Korean: 레몬 (ko) (remon)
- Kyrgyz: лимон (ky) (limon)
- Lao: ໝາກນາວ (lo) (mȁːk náːu)
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Translations to be checked Adjective[edit] lemon (comparative more lemon, superlative most lemon) - Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
- Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
Translations[edit] having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons having the colour/color of lemons See also[edit] Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit] lemon - accusative singular of lemo
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