Dictionary

longan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɒŋɡən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈlɔŋɡən/ (General-American)
• /ˈlɑŋɡən/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 /龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”). Doublet of Longyan (“grape”).

Meanings

1. An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
2. The fruit from the longan tree.

Forms

Synonyms

dragon's eye

Translations (50)

yue 龍眼 /龙眼 (fruit) · th ลำไย (tree) · hak 牛眼 (fruit) · th ลำไย (fruit) · vi nhãn (fruit) · pt longana (fruit) · ru лонга́н (tree) · fr longane (fruit) · ja リュウガン (tree) · ja 竜眼 (fruit) · my ကြက်မောက်သီး (fruit) · fi longaani (fruit) · fi longaani (tree) · fr longanier (tree) · lzh-lit 龍目 (fruit) · es ojo de dragón (fruit) · id kelengkeng (fruit) · km មៀន (tree) · yue 龍眼樹 /龙眼树 (tree) · hak 牛眼樹 /牛眼树 (tree) · kk лонган (fruit) · ug لۇڭيەن (fruit) · my တောကြက်မောက် (tree) · ru лонга́н (fruit) · cmn 龍眼 /龙眼 (fruit) · es longuián (tree) · lo ໝາກລຳໄຍ (fruit) · mn лууны нүд (tree) · mn лууны нүд (fruit) · tl gingging (fruit) · es longuián (fruit) · pt longan (fruit) · id lengkeng (fruit) · mnc ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ (fruit) · za faexnganx (tree) · kk ұлукөз (fruit) · es longan (tree) · eo longano (fruit) · vi nhãn (tree) · ko 롱간 (fruit) · es longan (fruit) · km មៀន (fruit) · tyz mác cại lái (tree) · jv klèngkèng (fruit) · eo longano (tree) · cmn 龍眼樹 /龙眼树 (tree) · pt longana (tree) · nan-hbl 龍眼 /龙眼 (fruit) · za maknganx (fruit) · cmn 桂圓 /桂圆 (fruit)