# pomelo
## English
### Alternative forms

* pommelo, pummelo, pomelow, pummaloe, pummelow
* (obsolete): pomello, pomolo, pumelo

### Etymology

Of uncertain etymology, though possibly a variant of earlier pampelmoes, from French, Dutch, Portuguese sources ultimately equivalent to "thick lemon" or transcribing the Tamil பம்ப ளிமாசு (pampa ḷimācu, “big citrus”). Alternatively, possibly from pome (“apple”) + melon or some cognate; though such a compound is currently unattested, some early variant spellings seem to show influence from pome.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pŏʹməlō, pŭʹməlō, pəmĕʹlō, IPA: /ˈpɒmɪləʊ/, /ˈpʌmɪləʊ/, /pəˈmɛləʊ/
* (General American) enPR: pŏʹməlō, IPA: /ˈpɑməloʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

pomelo (plural pomelos or pomeloes)
* The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
    Synonyms: (India) jabong, (South Africa) pampelmoes, (chiefly Caribbean) shaddock, Chinese grapefruit
* The tree which produces this fruit.
* (US, Caribbean, archaic) The grapefruit.
** 1888, Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, page 78:SHADDOCK, AND POMELO, OR GRAPE-FRUIT. (Citrus aurantium decumana.*) The cultivation of these fruits is extendiug gradually, especially of the pomelo, which is a first-class marketable fruit, very valuable in the spring and early summer.
** 1891, Bulletin No. 1-10, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, page 79:Pomelo.* — Much larger than an orange and smaller than a shaddock; a delicious fruit, preferred by many to the orange. Skin smooth, pale yellow; subacid. The membrane dividing the pulp is bitter, and must be removed before eating the pulp. Also called "grape-fruit" from its habit of growing in clusters.
** 1891 March, R M Lelong, “From Seed to Grove”, in The Great Southwest, page 3:POMELO (syn. grape fruit).—A variety of shaddock; fruit very large, from two to five pounds each, pale yellow, resembling the citron; skin smooth; pulp sub-acid. / SHADDOCK.—Tree inclined to be dwarf; fruit very large, with smooth skin, pale yellow and very glossy; the rind is very thick and spongy, and very bitter; ornamental only
** 1904, Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith, Farmer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture, page 241:Pomelo (Citrus decumana) — The commercial term grape fruit is synonymous with pomelo, while shaddock, a term sometimes reserved for these fruits, is more properly applied to a large pyriform or necked variety of the pomelo. This variety sometimes reaches a weight of 15 pounds or more. Within the last few years the smaller pomelo has become very popular in Northern markets and extensive orchards are being rapidly set out in Florida, which is the state of largest production. The pomelo is somewhat larger than the orange and of a pale yellow color.
** 1911, Good Housekeeping Magazine, page 106:The pomelo has unfortunately been marketed under the name “grape-fruit,” and it is doubtful whether the correct name, pomelo, will ever displace the trade name.

#### Synonyms

* (grapefruit): See grapefruit

#### Derived terms

* tangelo

#### Descendants

* → French: pomélo, pomelo
* → German: Pomelo
* → Italian: pomelo
* → Polish: pomelo
* → Portuguese: pomelo
* → Spanish: pomelo

#### Translations
### References

* 1 2 3 4 “pomelo, n.”, in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* ↑ “pampelmoes, n.”, in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

### Further reading

* pomelo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “pomelo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Polemo

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈmeːloː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelo's, diminutive pomelootje n)
* (chiefly Belgium) pomelo (fruit of the tree Citrus maxima)
* cross between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and grapefruit (Citrus ×paradisi), typically with green peel but bigger and sweeter than grapefruit

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* pummelo

### Etymology

From English pomelo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpomelo/, [ˈpo̞me̞lo̞]
* Rhymes: -omelo
* Hyphenation: po‧me‧lo

### Noun

pomelo
* pomelo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pomelo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pomeloni
pomeloni
accusative
nom.
pomeloni
pomeloni
gen.
pomeloni
genitive
pomeloni
pomelojeni pomeloideni pomeloitteni
partitive
pomeloani
pomelojani pomeloitani
inessive
pomelossani
pomeloissani
elative
pomelostani
pomeloistani
illative
pomelooni
pomeloihini
adessive
pomelollani
pomeloillani
ablative
pomeloltani
pomeloiltani
allative
pomelolleni
pomeloilleni
essive
pomelonani
pomeloinani
translative
pomelokseni
pomeloikseni
abessive
pomelottani
pomeloittani
instructive
comitative
—pomeloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pomelosi
pomelosi
accusative
nom.
pomelosi
pomelosi
gen.
pomelosi
genitive
pomelosi
pomelojesi pomeloidesi pomeloittesi
partitive
pomeloasi
pomelojasi pomeloitasi
inessive
pomelossasi
pomeloissasi
elative
pomelostasi
pomeloistasi
illative
pomeloosi
pomeloihisi
adessive
pomelollasi
pomeloillasi
ablative
pomeloltasi
pomeloiltasi
allative
pomelollesi
pomeloillesi
essive
pomelonasi
pomeloinasi
translative
pomeloksesi
pomeloiksesi
abessive
pomelottasi
pomeloittasi
instructive
comitative
—pomeloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pomelomme
pomelomme
accusative
nom.
pomelomme
pomelomme
gen.
pomelomme
genitive
pomelomme
pomelojemme pomeloidemme pomeloittemme
partitive
pomeloamme
pomelojamme pomeloitamme
inessive
pomelossamme
pomeloissamme
elative
pomelostamme
pomeloistamme
illative
pomeloomme
pomeloihimme
adessive
pomelollamme
pomeloillamme
ablative
pomeloltamme
pomeloiltamme
allative
pomelollemme
pomeloillemme
essive
pomelonamme
pomeloinamme
translative
pomeloksemme
pomeloiksemme
abessive
pomelottamme
pomeloittamme
instructive
comitative
—pomeloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pomelonne
pomelonne
accusative
nom.
pomelonne
pomelonne
gen.
pomelonne
genitive
pomelonne
pomelojenne pomeloidenne pomeloittenne
partitive
pomeloanne
pomelojanne pomeloitanne
inessive
pomelossanne
pomeloissanne
elative
pomelostanne
pomeloistanne
illative
pomeloonne
pomeloihinne
adessive
pomelollanne
pomeloillanne
ablative
pomeloltanne
pomeloiltanne
allative
pomelollenne
pomeloillenne
essive
pomelonanne
pomeloinanne
translative
pomeloksenne
pomeloiksenne
abessive
pomelottanne
pomeloittanne
instructive
comitative
—pomeloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pomelonsa
pomelonsa
accusative
nom.
pomelonsa
pomelonsa
gen.
pomelonsa
genitive
pomelonsa
pomelojensa pomeloidensa pomeloittensa
partitive
pomeloaan pomeloansa
pomelojaan pomeloitaan pomelojansa pomeloitansa
inessive
pomelossaan pomelossansa
pomeloissaan pomeloissansa
elative
pomelostaan pomelostansa
pomeloistaan pomeloistansa
illative
pomeloonsa
pomeloihinsa
adessive
pomelollaan pomelollansa
pomeloillaan pomeloillansa
ablative
pomeloltaan pomeloltansa
pomeloiltaan pomeloiltansa
allative
pomelolleen pomelollensa
pomeloilleen pomeloillensa
essive
pomelonaan pomelonansa
pomeloinaan pomeloinansa
translative
pomelokseen pomeloksensa
pomeloikseen pomeloiksensa
abessive
pomelottaan pomelottansa
pomeloittaan pomeloittansa
instructive
comitative
—pomeloineen pomeloinensa :

### Further reading

* “pomelo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ.me.lo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)
* Alternative spelling of pomélo

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)
* grapefruit

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈmɛ.lo/
* Rhymes: -ɛlo
* Hyphenation: po‧mè‧lo

### Noun

pomelo m (plural pomeli)
* pomelo (Citrus maxima)

### Further reading

* pomelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* pomela, pompela (less common)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔˈmɛ.lɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlɔ
* Syllabification: po‧me‧lo

### Noun

pomelo n (indeclinable)
* pomelo (fruit)
    Synonyms: pomarańcza olbrzymia, szadok
* pomelo (tree)
    Synonyms: pomarańcza olbrzymia, szadok

### Further reading

* pomelo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pomelo in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.

### Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)
* pomelo (large citric fruit native to southeast Asia)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈmelo/ [poˈme.lo]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Syllabification: po‧me‧lo

### Noun

pomelo m (plural pomelos)
* pomelo
* grapefruit
    Synonym: toronja

### Further reading

* “pomelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pomelo.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /poˈmelo/ [poˈmɛː.lo]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Syllabification: po‧me‧lo

### Noun

pomelo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜋᜒᜎᜓ)
* pomelo (Citrus grandis)
    Synonyms: suha, lukban

### Further reading

* “pomelo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018