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breadfruit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/

Etymology

Calque of taxonomic name Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).

Meanings

  1. Any member of the species Artocarpus altilis of evergreen trees, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
    • On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties. 1882, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, A Truth Seeker Around the World: From Bombay to Hong Kong, D. M. Bennett, page 371:
    • There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 53:
  2. The large round fruit of this tree.

Forms

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breadfruit Number=Plur lexicographic
breadfruits Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

seeded breadfruit · Mexican breadfruit · false breadfruit · highland breadfruit · African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana

Descendants

bredfrut · beletiutu · bredfrut

Synonyms

breadfruit tree (tree)

Translations (107)

svs buzu (tree) · cmn 麵包果 /面包果 (fruit) · ms pokok kulur (tree) · pt fruta-pão (fruit) · mi kuru (tree) · es panapén (tree) · kok नीरपणस (fruit) · tl rimas (tree) · ms sukun (fruit) · ja パンの木の実 (fruit) · ksd kapiaka (fruit) · sv brödfrukt (fruit) · fr artocarpe (tree) · tpi kapiak (fruit) · fr fruit à pain (fruit) · bi bredfrut (fruit) · ru хле́бное де́рево (tree) · ko 빵나무 (tree) · ht labapen (tree) · sv brödfruktträd (tree) · tr ekmek ağacı (fruit) · gu નીરફણસ (fruit) · tr ekmek ağacı (tree) · my ပေါင်မုန့်သီး (fruit) · pam kamansi (fruit) · haw ʻulu (tree) · hi कटहल (fruit) · sm 'ulu (fruit) · da brødfrugttræ (tree) · ms pohon kulur (tree) · vo bodep (tree) · zdj mfuriapa (tree) · io artokarpo (tree) · mi pōporo (fruit) · pt fruta-pão (tree) · bi bredfrut (tree) · crs friyapen (fruit) · mi pōporo (tree) · de Brotfrucht (fruit) · crp-spp bresprut (fruit) · bcl kulo (tree) · es árbol del pan (tree) · fj uto (fruit) · ga toradh aráin (fruit) · fr artocarpus (tree) · ms pohon sukun (tree) · mr नीरफणस (fruit) · es fruto del árbol del pan (fruit) · sa पनस (fruit) · ga crann toraidh aráin (tree) · ig ụkwa (tree) · fi leipäpuun hedelmä (fruit) · kk нан ағашы (tree) · nb brødfrukt (fruit) · fo breyðfrukt (fruit) · id sukun (fruit) · ar خُبْزِيَّة (tree) · ulw duputmak (tree) · ru плод хле́бного де́рева (fruit) · ca arbre del pa (tree) · cmn 麵包樹 /面包树 (tree) · imn if (fruit) · ota اكمك آغاجی (tree) · meu unu (fruit) · kxd sukun (fruit) · id pohon sukun (tree) · nn brødfrukt (fruit) · mi pōporohua (tree) · kn ದಿವಿಹಲಸು (tree) · tl kamansi (fruit) · vi cây sa kê (tree) · th สาเก (fruit) · de Brotfruchtbaum (tree) · mh(tree) · eo panarbo (tree) · io artokarpofrukto (fruit) · vi trái sa kê (fruit) · ja パンの木 (tree) · tkl fuāulu (fruit) · to mei (fruit) · es buen pan (fruit) · ro arbore de pâine (tree) · pis bredfrut (tree) · tl rimas (fruit) · eo panfrukto (fruit) · kk астық ағашы (tree) · th สาเก (tree) · ht lam veritab (fruit) · haw ʻulu (fruit) · vi quả sa kê (fruit) · ms pokok sukun (tree) · mh(fruit) · ty uru (fruit) · ms kulur (fruit) · kn ದಿವಿಹಲಸು (fruit) · fi leipäpuu (tree) · da brødfrugt (fruit) · es frutipán (fruit) · es fruta de pan (fruit) · tet kulu (fruit) · mi kuru (fruit) · pis bredfrut (fruit) · fr arbre à pain (tree) · vo bodepafluk (fruit) · es pana (fruit) · ar شَجَرَة الخُبْز (tree) · ceb kulo (tree)