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
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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:
- The large round fruit of this tree.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 mā (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 mā (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)