kumquat

See also: Kumquat

English

kumquat fruits

Alternative forms

cumquat

Etymology

From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹) or 金橘 (gam¹ gwat¹, literally “golden tangerine”). Related to loquat – same second character.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɑt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmkwɒt/
Audio (Berkshire, UK) (file)
Hyphenation: kum‧quat

Noun

kumquat (plural kumquats)

A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).

Derived terms

Related terms

loquat

Translations

small orange fruit

Arabic: بُرْتُقَال ذَهَبِيّ‎ m (burtuqāl ḏahabiyy)
Catalan: cumquat (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹)

Mandarin: 金桔 (zh) (jīnjú), 金橘 (zh) (jīnjú)

Min Nan: 金棗／金枣 (kim-tsó), 金桔仔 (kim-kiat-á), 桔仔 (kiat-á), 金柑 (kim-kam)
Czech: kumquat m, kumkvat m
Dutch: kumquat (nl) m
Esperanto: fortunelo, kumkvato
Finnish: kumkvatti (fi)
French: kumquat (fr) m
Galician: kumquat (gl) m
German: Kumquat (de) f
Greek: κουμκουάτ (el) n (koumkouát)
Hawaiian: kamakuaka
Hebrew: קומקוואט‎ (kumkwat)
Hungarian: kumkvat (hu), törpemandarin (hu)
Irish: cumcuat m
Italian: kumquat m, mandarino cinese m
Japanese: 金柑 (ja) (kinkan), キンカン (kinkan)
Khmer: ផ្លែកុមខ្វាត់ (phlaekomkhvat)
Korean: 금귤(金橘) (geumgyul)
Polish: kumkwat (pl) m
Portuguese: kumquat m
Romanian: kumquat n
Russian: кумква́т (ru) m (kumkvát)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кумкват m

Latin: kumkvat m
Spanish: kumquat (es) m, quinoto (es) m
Swedish: kumquat (sv) c
Thai: ส้มจี๊ด (sôm-jíit)
Turkish: kamkat (tr), altın portakal, çin portakalı, kamkuat
Vietnamese: kim quất (金橘), quất (vi) (橘 (vi)), tắc (vi)

References

kumquat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Citrus japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Citrus japonica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

kumquat

Further reading

“kumquat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kumquat.

Noun

kumquat m (invariable)

kumquat
Synonym: mandarino cinese

Portuguese

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

kumquat (small orange fruit)

Spanish

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

kumquat
Synonyms: naranjo chino, naranjo enano, quinoto

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