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pumpkin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpʊmpkɪn/ (Northern-England)
• [ˈpʰʌm(p).kʰɪn] (US)
• /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/ (US)
• /ˈpʌmpkɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• pŭmpʹkin
• [ˈpʰʌŋ̥kɪn] (US)
• /ˈpɐmpkɪn/ (Australia)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647. The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false. The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
   • Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient. 2023 August 14, Batchimeg Togoobat, Nan Wu, Xifeng Wang, Mengji Cao, Zhongtian Xu, “Viromic approach reveals differences in the composition, diversity and relative abundance of pumpkin viruses across main growing regions of China”, in Virology, volume 585, →DOI, pages 61-71:
2. (countable, uncountable) The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
   • There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time. 1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz:
3. (uncountable) The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.
4. (Australia, countable, uncountable) Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
5. (US, countable, uncountable) A term of endearment for someone small and cute.
   • You must be daddy’s little pumpkin. 1991, John Prine, Pat McLaughlin, “Daddy’s Little Pumpkin”, in The Missing Years (album):
6. (countable, informal, uncountable) The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents.

Forms

Deriveds

pumpkin-faced · pumpkinseed · pumpkin bomb · pumpkin pants · pumpkintini · pumpkin beetle · sea pumpkin · pumpkinwise · ash pumpkin · Asian pumpkin · pumpkinlike · pumpkin chunkin' · punkin · pumpkin head · easy peasy pumpkin peasy · Pumpkintown · pumpkin spice latte · pumpkin patch · pumpkin suit · bushpumpkin · pumpkin pie · blumpkin · pumpkin bug · pumpkinless · pumpkiny · pumpkinification · pumpkin pie spice · Dickinson pumpkin · pumpkinish · pumpkin-spice latte · pumpkin-on-a-stick · pumpkin ash · Jarrahdale pumpkin · pumpkin seed · pumpking · turn into a pumpkin · pumpkin-pie spice · pumpkin bread · river pumpkin · Japanese pumpkin · pumpkin porridge · pumpkin-headed · pilgrim's pumpkin · pumpkindom · pumpkin farm · pumpkin spider · pumpkin chunking · pumpkineer · butternut pumpkin · pumpkinrita · red pumpkin bug · some pumpkins · pumpkin jug · pumpkin spice · cherpumple

Descendants

pamkin · puimcín · baan̄ke · pavkin · puimcean · パンプキン

Relateds

gourd · squash · marrow · calabash · calabaza

Translations (390)

acw يَقْطِين (fruit of this plant) · et kõrvits (plant) · fur čučhe (fruit of this plant) · de Kürbisfrucht (fruit of this plant) · sh bùndeva (fruit of this plant) · tl kalabasa (fruit of this plant) · sk tekvica (fruit of this plant) · ca carbassa (fruit of this plant) · he דְּלַעַת (fruit of this plant) · nb gresskar (plant) · sc tzoca (fruit of this plant) · sw boga (plant) · uz qovoq (fruit of this plant) · cy pwmpen (plant) · br koulourdrenn (plant) · lv ķirbis (fruit of this plant) · sq kungull (plant) · mr भोपळा (plant) · cs dýně (fruit of this plant) · rup curcubetã (fruit of this plant) · mn ᠬᠤᠯᠤ (fruit of this plant) · sou น้ำเต้า (fruit of this plant) · stq Flaaskappel (fruit of this plant) · bua тыквэ (fruit of this plant) · fa کدو حلوایی (plant) · hi कदू (fruit of this plant) · orv тꙑкꙑ (fruit of this plant) · hi कद्दू (plant) · sc curcufica (fruit of this plant) · tl kalabasa (plant) · as ৰঙালাও গছ (plant) · my ရွှေဖရုံသီး (fruit of this plant) · nod น้ำแก้ว (plant) · vo zukad (plant) · sh бу̏ћа (fruit of this plant) · lt moliūgas (fruit of this plant) · ga puimcín (plant) · uk гарбу́з (fruit of this plant) · ba ҡабаҡ (fruit of this plant) · gd puimcean (fruit of this plant) · ms labu (fruit of this plant) · fo grasker (fruit of this plant) · nod น้ำแก้ว (fruit of this plant) · eu kuia (fruit of this plant) · fa کدو تنبل (fruit of this plant) · sa कुष्माण्ड (fruit of this plant) · sh bȕća (fruit of this plant) · pt abóbora (fruit of this plant) · stq Flaaskapel (fruit of this plant) · vi bí đỏ (plant) · ce гӏапакх (fruit of this plant) · win wicąwą zii (fruit of this plant) · ka კვახი (plant) · kk асқабақ (fruit of this plant) · yue 番瓜 (plant) · es calabazo (fruit of this plant) · pl dynia (plant) · lo ໝາກອຶ (fruit of this plant) · xh imithwane (plant) · st mokopu (fruit of this plant) · cmn 南瓜 (plant) · xh usenga (plant) · tg каду (plant) · ka კვახი (fruit of this plant) · gl calacú (fruit of this plant) · lb Kalbass (plant) · gl calimbornia (plant) · fy klabats (plant) · yi דיניע (plant) · vi bí ngô (fruit of this plant) · my ဖရုံ (fruit of this plant) · unm kèskùnthàkw (fruit of this plant) · scn cucùzza (fruit of this plant) · sa कुष्माण्ड (plant) · ro dovleac (fruit of this plant) · oc carbassa (fruit of this plant) · de Mäuschen (term of endearment) · as ৰঙালাও (fruit of this plant) · sc cocorfica (fruit of this plant) · ru ты́ква (plant) · bo ཕར་ཤི (plant) · ug كاۋا (fruit of this plant) · par katapasattsi (plant) · sh бу̀ндева (plant) · ky ашкабак (fruit of this plant) · wa cahoûde (plant) · ar قَرْع (plant) · ilo karabasa (fruit of this plant) · ar يَقْطِين (fruit of this plant) · cy pwmpen (fruit of this plant) · da græskar (plant) · uk гарбу́з (plant) · wa peturon (fruit of this plant) · ja カボチャ (plant) · uz oshqovoq (fruit of this plant) · sh bùndeva (plant) · ur کدو (fruit of this plant) · nrf m'lon (fruit of this plant) · ajp قرعة (fruit of this plant) · hil kalabasa (plant) · gl cabaceira (plant) · sc corcuica (fruit of this plant) · pa ਹਲਵਾ (fruit of this plant) · bcl karabasa (plant) · cmn 南瓜 (fruit of this plant) · ce гӏабакх (fruit of this plant) · rif taxsayt (fruit of this plant) · tk kädi (plant) · mn ᠬᠤᠯᠤ (plant) · fi pallokurpitsa (fruit of this plant) · gl cabazo (plant) · hil kalabasa (fruit of this plant) · uz qovoq (plant) · sc colcorija (fruit of this plant) · sh tȉkva (plant) · nan-hbl 金瓜 (fruit of this plant) · sv pumpa (fruit of this plant) · pt aboboreira (plant) · rm zucca (fruit of this plant) · gl cabaza (plant) · ja カボチャ (fruit of this plant) · ja 南瓜 (fruit of this plant) · lkt wagmu (fruit of this plant) · ar دُبَاء (plant) · pl dyniowy (color) · fo graskar (fruit of this plant) · ba ҡабаҡ (plant) · ce гӏабакх (plant) · ood ha꞉l (plant) · el κολοκύθα (fruit of this plant) · sh bȕča (plant) · haw palaʻai (plant) · gl abobra (plant) · nb gresskar (fruit of this plant) · ti ዱባ (plant) · rif taxsašt (plant) · par katapasattsi (fruit of this plant) · it zucca (fruit of this plant) · sc cocorvica (fruit of this plant) · ajp قرعة (plant) · haw pūpalaʻai (plant) · bo བྲུམ་ཤ (fruit of this plant) · sou น้ำเต้า (plant) · mh baan̄ke (plant) · su waluh (plant) · mi paukena (fruit of this plant) · chr ᎢᏯ (fruit of this plant) · tt кабак (plant) · ml മത്തൻ (plant) · st mokopu (plant) · kk асқабақ (plant) · bo ལྷོ་ཀུབ (fruit of this plant) · ko 호박 (plant) · yi דיניע (fruit of this plant) · da græskar (fruit of this plant) · arz قرع (fruit of this plant) · ro dovleac (plant) · acw قَرْع (plant) · fi nuppu (term of endearment) · az balqabaq (plant) · fi kurpitsa (fruit of this plant) · fr potiron (fruit of this plant) · fi kurpitsa (color) · kix thōi (plant) · afb يَقْطِين (plant) · sc crucuriga (fruit of this plant) · gd puimcean (plant) · ast calabaza (fruit of this plant) · bcl karabasa (fruit of this plant) · tk kädi (fruit of this plant) · sc crocoriga (fruit of this plant) · hi कद्दू (fruit of this plant) · he דְּלַעַת (plant) · fy klabats (fruit of this plant) · yue 番瓜 (fruit of this plant) · gu કોળું (plant) · sh tȉkva (fruit of this plant) · orv тꙑкꙑ (plant) · mr भोपळा (fruit of this plant) · pt cor de abóbora (color) · xh usenga (fruit of this plant) · pt jerimum (plant) · sv kurbits (fruit of this plant) · dz ཀ་ཀུ་རུ (plant) · rm zetga (fruit of this plant) · abe wasawa (fruit of this plant) · nn graskar (plant) · yue 南瓜 (plant) · pl dynia (fruit of this plant) · rm zücha (fruit of this plant) · dz ཀ་ཀུ་རུ (fruit of this plant) · lb Kalbass (fruit of this plant) · mn хулуу (plant) · my ရွှေဖရုံပင် (plant) · de Kürbisfarbe (color) · akz choksi (fruit of this plant) · sh bȕća (plant) · tg каду (fruit of this plant) · bua тыквэ (plant) · xh imithwane (fruit of this plant) · is grasker (fruit of this plant) · fr citrouille (plant) · rif taxsayt (plant) · sh бу̏ћа (plant) · arz قرعة (plant) · sc tzuca (fruit of this plant) · ti ዱባ (fruit of this plant) · ar يَقْطِين (plant) · gu કોળું (fruit of this plant) · sh bȕča (fruit of this plant) · lb Kürbis (plant) · km ល្ពៅ (plant) · lb Kürbis (fruit of this plant) · sc corcoriga (fruit of this plant) · moh ononʼonseraʼkó꞉wa (plant) · ca carabassa (fruit of this plant) · toi citende (plant) · ca carbassera (plant) · tts หมากอึ (fruit of this plant) · cs dýně (plant) · khb ᦖᦱᧅᦗᧅ (fruit of this plant) · ko 호박 (fruit of this plant) · ru ты́ква (fruit of this plant) · mfe ziromon (fruit of this plant) · ar دُبَاء (fruit of this plant) · hu tök (fruit of this plant) · eo kukurbo (fruit of this plant) · bo ཕར་ཤི (fruit of this plant) · vi bí đỏ (fruit of this plant) · fo graskar (plant) · rm zitga (fruit of this plant) · te గుమ్మడి (plant) · fo grasker (plant) · yue 南瓜 (fruit of this plant) · es calabaza (plant) · id labu (plant) · sh бу̏ча (fruit of this plant) · sk tekvica (plant) · khb ᦖᦱᧅᦗᧅ (plant) · sq kungull (fruit of this plant) · hi कोंहड़ा (plant) · fr citrouille (fruit of this plant) · vec suca (fruit of this plant) · lt moliūgas (plant) · hi कुम्हड़ा (plant) · sc culcurija (fruit of this plant) · pt abóbora (plant) · fur çucje (fruit of this plant) · twf póna (plant) · mt qargħa ħamra (plant) · atj akosamin (fruit of this plant) · akz choksi (plant) · hy դդում (fruit of this plant) · bg ти́ква (plant) · ro bostan (fruit of this plant) · th ฟักทอง (plant) · sh ти̏ква (fruit of this plant) · nrf m'lon (plant) · acu yuwi (plant) · he דְּלַעַת (color) · uz oshqovoq (plant) · ga puimcín (fruit of this plant) · ota حلواجی قباغی (plant) · it zucca (plant) · fa کدو تنبل (plant) · grc κολοκύνθη (fruit of this plant) · izh tьkva (plant) · nl pompoen (plant) · ny dzungu (fruit of this plant) · dv ބަރަބޯ (fruit of this plant) · af pampoen (plant) · eo kukurbo (plant) · tr bal kabağı (fruit of this plant) · lo ໝາກອຶ (plant) · qu sapallu (fruit of this plant) · de Schätzchen (term of endearment) · ca carabassera (plant) · de Schnuckelchen (term of endearment) · chc watab (fruit of this plant) · af pampoen (fruit of this plant) · be гарбу́з (plant) · hi कुम्हड़ा (fruit of this plant) · ka გოგრა (plant) · ast calabaza (plant) · pt jerimum (fruit of this plant) · sw malenge (fruit of this plant) · ug كاۋا (plant) · nan-hbl 朱瓜 (fruit of this plant) · sl buča (fruit of this plant) · my ရွှေဖရုံသီး (plant) · kn ಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ (fruit of this plant) · ilo karabasa (plant) · gd peapag (plant) · rif taxsašt (fruit of this plant) · oj kosmaan (plant) · gl cabazo (fruit of this plant) · or କଖାରୁ (fruit of this plant) · mi paukena (plant) · tr bal kabağı (plant) · be гарбу́з (fruit of this plant) · ro bostan (plant) · gl colondra (plant) · ccp 𑄇𑄪𑄟𑄪𑄢 (plant) · arz قرعة (plant) · sw maboga (plant) · cho issito (fruit of this plant) · mh baan̄ke (fruit of this plant) · km ល្ពៅ (fruit of this plant) · ky ашкабак (plant) · cr osawipak (fruit of this plant) · el κολοκύθα (plant) · ce гӏапакх (plant) · oc cogorda (fruit of this plant) · de Kürbis (term of endearment) · yi קירבעס (plant) · sh бу̀ндева (fruit of this plant) · is grasker (plant) · bg ти́ква (fruit of this plant) · sv pumpa (plant) · az balqabaq (fruit of this plant) · ar قَرْع (fruit of this plant) · pdt Kjarps (fruit of this plant) · tt кабак (fruit of this plant) · hi कोंहड़ा (fruit of this plant) · tts บักอึ (plant) · tr kabak (plant) · unm kaxeya (fruit of this plant) · sh бу̏ча (plant) · nmb pavkin (plant) · es calabaza (fruit of this plant) · ady алыркъэб (plant) · sc curcuvica (fruit of this plant) · gd peapag (fruit of this plant) · rsk бундава (plant) · sw malenge (plant) · acw يَقْطِين (plant) · ml മത്തങ്ങ (fruit of this plant) · gl cabaza (fruit of this plant) · pt abóbora (color) · scn cucuzza (fruit of this plant) · de Kürbisfarben (color) · vec suca (plant) · pa ਹਲਵਾ ਕੱਦੂ (fruit of this plant) · eu kuia (plant) · ka გოგრა (fruit of this plant) · sc corcovriga (fruit of this plant) · hu tök (plant) · sw boga (fruit of this plant) · arz قرعة (fruit of this plant) · mn хулуу (fruit of this plant) · de Kürbispflanze (plant) · fi kurpitsa (plant) · sw malenge (color) · bho कोंहड़ा (plant) · es calabazera (plant) · az qabaq (plant) · arz قرع (plant) · zlw-ocs dýně (fruit of this plant) · hi कदू (plant) · lv ķirbis (plant) · fr citrouille (color) · mk тиква (plant) · nv naayízíłtsooí (fruit of this plant) · rup curcubetã (plant) · clt maamaw (fruit of this plant) · ta பூசணி (plant) · bn কুমড়া (plant) · vi bí ngô (plant) · sv smulan (term of endearment) · la pepō (fruit of this plant) · tts หมากอึ (plant) · mk тиква (fruit of this plant) · alt тыква (fruit of this plant) · ja 南瓜 (plant) · de Kürbis (plant) · sl buča (plant) · nl pompoen (fruit of this plant) · et kõrvits (fruit of this plant) · sh ти̏ква (plant) · tts บักอึ (fruit of this plant) · az kudu (plant) · hy դդում (plant) · dtp tawadak (fruit of this plant) · lus mai (fruit of this plant) · th ฟักทอง (fruit of this plant) · sv sötnos (term of endearment) · alt тыква (plant) · nn graskar (fruit of this plant) · tew poe (plant) · de Kürbis (fruit of this plant)

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