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grapefruit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɾeːpfɾɪʊ̯t/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
• /ˈɡɹeɪ̯pfɹuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡɹeɪ̯pfɹut/ (General-American)
• /ˈɡɹepfɹʉt/ (Northern-Ireland)
• /ˈɡɾepfɾʉt/ (Scotland)
• grāp′fro͞ot
• /ˈɡɹæɪ̯pfɹʉːt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈɡɹɛjpfɹʉwt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape + fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pomelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning “great citrus [fruit]”, due to the size of its fruit. A new pomelo variety might first have been called a GRAYT-froot (see greatfruit), and through the process of assimilation, the word came to be pronounced GRAYP-froot.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of Citrus maxima and sweet orange.
   • Results have begun to come in and at Comfort Castle this month I spent a useful and happy half day carting round 8 children in my car to their homes where we all helped to fill in with good soil and manure, their excellently dug holes and planted the grapefruit. 1932, The Farmer, page 64:
2. (countable, uncountable) The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
   • Once loaded by Canaveral, the grapefruit are transported to Japan, where the shipments are unloaded by employees of Japanese stevedoring companies. The grapefruit are then received by the Japanese importers. 2002, NLRB Advice Memorandum Reporter, Labor Relations Press, page 100:
   • Grapefruit is high in vitamin C. The pink and red varieties contain vitamin A (betacarotene) and lycopene, an antioxidant that may help prevent cancer. Grapefruit contains a chemical that can alter intestinal absorption of some medications and lead to higher than normal blood levels of some drugs and potential problems. 2002, “Fruits”, in Encyclopedia of Foods: A Guide to Healthy Nutrition, Academic Press, →ISBN, part II (Encyclopedia of Foods), page 176, column 3:
3. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable, vulgar) Large breasts; by extension, a woman with large breasts.
   • Dan hauled her to the carpet as she fell limp over him. She stretched out on her back, her grapefruits, fitted snugly into her sturdy cotton bra, rock hard under his nose. 1993, Leandra Logan, Joyride, Harlequin Books, page 162:
   • Cupping her grapefruits in her hands, she closed her eyes and imagined her date grasping them, exploring their size, weight, and firmness.
   • I walked up behind her and pushed my cucumber hard against her booty. Kissed her on the neck and felt those grapefruits. Our mouths met and our tongues also. Strong sexual desire consumed us. I pulled the straps of her outfit over her shoulders and I was soon flavoring her grapefruits, while she unzipped my pants and tasted my cucumber. Soon, we were both naked in the bed. My cucumber had found her orchard. 2016, David James, “A Chance Meeting, Mary Jane”, in Love and Sex at the Post Office, Xlibris Corporation:
   • He raised his hand again. "If you scratch my face and I give you a black eye—who's worse off? Because what've you got besides a pair of grapefruits and a pretty face? So let me show you something else I bought." 2000, Irving Shulman, Harlow: An Intimate Biography, iUniverse, page 122:
   • In walked my supposedly dead niece Esmerelda wearing shorts that didn't exist and a top that made her grapefruits look like honeydews, if you get my drift. 1997, Paul Dennithorne Johnston, “Boiling Creek: The G.S. Detective, Part II”, in Delphus David Bourland, Paul Dennithorne Johnston, editors, E-Prime III!: A Third Anthology, International Society for General Semantics, page 357:
   • A new pair of grapefruits arrives with yet another tray of drinks. She says that they were sent by someone at another table and points a fingernail in the direction of our benefactor. 2016, Andrew Matheson, Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats, the Greatest Band You've Never Heard Of, Penguin, page 184:
   • I lay there for about twenty seconds trying to get my wind back, until slowly and painfully I picked myself up as best I could and with as much class as I could muster in the circumstances, but keeping my eyes on her grapefruits – the ones in the bag, I hasten to add. 2020, Nick Hughes, Bahama Boyz, Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 140:

Forms

Deriveds

grapefruitlike · Chinese grapefruit · grapefruit knife · Grapefruit League · grapefruit mint · grapefruit juice · grapefruitini · grapefruit ade · grapefruit spoon · grapefruitade · grapefruity

Descendants

grapefrukt · grejpfrut · grépfrút · Grapefruit · greyfurt · grapefruit · greypfrukt · грейпфру́т · grapefrugt · grapefruit

Hypernyms

citrus · fruit

Synonyms

Citrus sinensis × Citrus maxima (tree) · shaddock · breasts (breasts) · Citrus sinensis × Citrus grandis (tree) · pomelo · Citrus × paradisi (tree) · forbidden fruit · grapefruit tree (tree)

Translations (171)

da grape (fruit) · ti ናርገ (fruit) · bn জাম্বুরা (fruit) · lo ໝາກສົ້ມໂອ (fruit) · es toronja (fruit) · fa گریپ فروت (fruit) · ar زَنْبَاع (tree) · mn бэрсүүт жүрж (fruit) · sv grapefrukt (fruit) · ko 그레이프프루트 (tree) · fr chadègue (fruit) · yue 西柚 (fruit) · yi גרייפּפֿרוכט (fruit) · es toronjo (tree) · cmn 葡萄柚 (fruit) · ru грейпфру́т (fruit) · bg грейпфру́т (tree) · tr greyfurt (tree) · it pompelmo (tree) · be грэйпфру́т (fruit) · hy թուրինջ (fruit) · nv chʼil łitsxooí ntsxaaígíí (fruit) · pl grejpfrut (fruit) · tg грейпфрут (fruit) · et greibipuu (fruit) · cmn 柚子 (fruit) · ddg sapu (fruit) · hy գրեյպֆրուտ (fruit) · mk гре́јпфрут (fruit) · ca aranger (tree) · eu arabisagar arbola (tree) · tr greyfurt (fruit) · hi छोटा चकोतरा (fruit) · is tröllaldin (fruit) · ar جْرِيب فْرُوت (fruit) · ar جْريْپ فْروت (fruit) · lt greipfrutas (fruit) · ast pomelar (tree) · cy grawnffrwyth (fruit) · fa گریپفروت (tree) · pl grapefruit (fruit) · nn grapefrukt (fruit) · ru грейпфру́т (tree) · th เกรปฟรูต (fruit) · nan-hbl 柚仔樹 /柚仔树 (fruit) · sh лиму̀ника (fruit) · th ส้มโอ (fruit) · ca aranja (fruit) · uz greypfrut (fruit) · mt lumi-larinġ (fruit) · ddg sapua (fruit) · ga seadóg (fruit) · ja グレープフルーツ (tree) · nb grapefrukt (fruit) · hy գրեյպֆրուտ (tree) · sw mbalungi (tree) · sv grape (fruit) · id jeruk bali (fruit) · gv shaddag (fruit) · ar كَرِيفُون (fruit) · de Pampelmuse (fruit) · io pompelmuso (fruit) · fr pamplemoussier (tree) · pt toranja (fruit) · it pompelmo (fruit) · rm grepfrut (fruit) · hu grépfrútfa (tree) · sk grapefruit (fruit) · my ဂရိတ်ဖရု (fruit) · mk цитро́н (fruit) · wo pampëlëmuus (fruit) · ar زَنْبَاع (fruit) · sh грѐјпфрут (fruit) · ast pomelu (tree) · da grapefrugt (fruit) · qu turunja (fruit) · ka გრეიპფრუტი (fruit) · ast pomelu (fruit) · gv shaddoge (fruit) · ko 그레이프프루트 (fruit) · mi kerepe-whurutu (fruit) · az qreypfrut (fruit) · ur چکوترا (fruit) · he עץ האשכולית (tree) · ro grepfrut (fruit) · fi greippi (tree) · sh limùnika (fruit) · eu arabisagar (fruit) · lv greipfrūts (fruit) · id limau gedang (fruit) · et greip (fruit) · yue 西柚 (tree) · hi चकोतरा (fruit) · tsg suwa' gadja (fruit) · he אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית (fruit) · sw balungi (fruit) · is greipaldin (tree) · lo ສົ້ມໂອ (fruit) · lv sulenis (fruit) · uk гре́йпфру́т (fruit) · tk greýpfrut (fruit) · is greipaldin (fruit) · cmn 葡萄柚 (tree) · ast sidru (tree) · jv jeruk bali (fruit) · nl grapefruit (fruit) · pdt Pommelmooss (fruit) · tg норинҷ (fruit) · ja グレープフルーツ (fruit) · cmn 柚子 (tree) · ko 자몽 (fruit) · ms limau gedang (fruit) · hu citrancs (fruit) · yi גרייפּפֿרוט (fruit) · ilo lukban (fruit) · is greip (fruit) · nan-hbl 柚仔樹 /柚仔树 (tree) · tl kahil (fruit) · es pomelo (fruit) · ar پومْپلْموس (fruit) · hu grépfrút (fruit) · my ကျွဲကောသီး (fruit) · sh grèjpfrut (fruit) · fr pamplemousse (fruit) · tet jambua (fruit) · mt tronġa (fruit) · ast sidru (fruit) · bg грейпфру́т (fruit) · ky грейпфрут (fruit) · et greipfruut (fruit) · pt toronja (fruit) · vi bưởi chùm (fruit) · fr chadigue (fruit) · ar كْرِيفُون (fruit) · vi bưởi đắng (fruit) · fi greippipuu (tree) · ar زِنْباع) (fruit) · ar غْريْب فْروت (fruit) · ht chadèk (fruit) · sq grapefruit (fruit) · pl grejpfrut (tree) · uk гре́йпфру́т (tree) · fi greippi (fruit) · nan-hbl 葡萄柚 (fruit) · el γκρέιπφρουτ (fruit) · nan-hbl 葡萄柚 (tree) · sl grenivka (fruit) · mfe panplemous (fruit) · is greipaldintré (tree) · hu citrancsfa (tree) · id jeruk keprok (fruit) · hi मौसमी (fruit) · fr pomélo (fruit) · eo grapfrukto (fruit) · pt toranjeira (tree) · ulw aduk (tree) · mkz dambua (fruit) · fo greypfrukt (fruit) · pl grapefruit (tree) · cs grapefruit (fruit) · apc غْريْب فْروت (fruit) · kk грейпфрут (fruit) · lo ພຸກ (fruit) · ce грейпфрукт (fruit) · de Grapefruit (fruit) · tl kahil (tree) · ar لَيْمُون هِنْدِيّ (fruit) · mnc ᠵᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᠨ (fruit) · kw aval paradhis (fruit) · wo pàmpalmuus (fruit) · akz yalàaha kaskaha (fruit)

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