persimmon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.
Inflected forms:
form: persimmons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: persimon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: putchamin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
pos: noun
examples: I warned them not to eat the persimmons until they were soft to the touch.
gloss: The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).
pos: noun
Derived words: Chinese persimmon
huckleberry above a persimmon
huckleberry above one's persimmon
Indian persimmon
Japanese persimmon
kaki persimmon
knock the persimmon
Oriental persimmon
the longest pole knocks the persimmon
yellow persimmon
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: hurmë
lang: Southern Altai
word: хурма
roman: hurma
lang: Arabic
word: كَاكَا
roman: kākā
lang: Arabic
word: كَاكِي
roman: kākī
lang: Arabic
word: بِرْسِيمُون
roman: birsimūn
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܚܘܼܪܡܵܠܵܐ
roman: ḥurmālā
lang: Armenian
word: խուրմա
roman: xurma
lang: Armenian
word: արքայանարինջ
roman: arkʻayanarinǰ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xurma
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xırnik
lang: Banjarese
word: tasmak
lang: Basque
word: kaki
lang: Belarusian
word: хурма́
roman: xurmá
lang: Bulgarian
word: фурма́
roman: furmá
lang: Bulgarian
word: япо́нска я́бълка
roman: japónska jábǎlka
lang: Burmese
word: တည်
roman: tany
lang: Catalan
word: caqui
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏌᎵ
roman: sali
lang: Chickasaw
word: onkof
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 腍柿
roman: nam⁴ ci²
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 柿
roman: kei
lang: Chinese
word: 柿仔
roman: khī-á
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 柿子
roman: shìzi
lang: Czech
word: kaki
lang: Czech
word: tomel
lang: Danish
word: kaki
lang: Dutch
word: kaki
lang: Esperanto
word: persimono
lang: Estonian
word: hurmaa
lang: Finnish
word: kaki
lang: Finnish
word: persimoni
lang: Finnish
word: sharon
lang: Finnish
word: taateliluumu
lang: Fox
word: pyâkimini
lang: French
word: kaki
lang: Georgian
word: ხურმა
roman: xurma
lang: Georgian
word: კარალიოკი
roman: ḳaralioḳi
lang: German
word: Persimone
lang: German
word: Kaki
lang: German
word: Lotuspflaume
lang: Greek
word: λωτός
roman: lotós
lang: Hebrew
word: אֲפַרְסְמוֹן
roman: afarsemón
lang: Hindi
word: ख़ुरमा
roman: xurmā
lang: Hungarian
word: datolyaszilva
lang: Hunsrik
word: Kacki
lang: Ido
word: hurmo
lang: Indonesian
word: kesemek
lang: Irish
word: dátphluma
lang: Italian
word: cachi
lang: Italian
word: diospiro
lang: Italian
word: caco
lang: Japanese
word: 柿
roman: kaki
lang: Japanese
word: パーシモン
roman: pāshimon
lang: Kavalan
word: amus
lang: Kazakh
word: құрма
roman: qūrma
lang: Kazakh
word: хурма
roman: xurma
lang: Korean
word: 감
roman: gam
lang: Korean
word: 퍼시몬
roman: peosimon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: курма
roman: kurma
lang: Ladino
word: afarsemón
lang: Ladino
word: hurmá
lang: Lao
word: ໝາກກາກີ
roman: māk kā kī
lang: Latvian
word: hurma
lang: Lithuanian
word: persimonas
lang: Macedonian
word: ра́јско ја́болко
roman: rájsko jábolko
lang: Macedonian
word: ја́понско ја́болко
roman: jáponsko jábolko
lang: Malagasy
word: hazoarina
lang: Malagasy
word: hazoary
lang: Malay
word: kesmak
lang: Malay
word: buah samak
lang: Malay
word: pisang kaki
lang: Māori
word: āporo makimaki
lang: Mongolian
word: илжгэн чих
roman: ilžgen čix
lang: Mongolian
word: модон шавтал
roman: modon šavtal
lang: Mongolian
word: шавтал
roman: šavtal
lang: Mongolian
word: хурма
roman: xurma
lang: Nepali
word: हलुवाबेद
roman: haluwābed
lang: Norwegian
word: kaki
lang: Norwegian
word: kakiplomme
lang: Norwegian
word: kakifrukt
lang: Norwegian
word: persimon
lang: Occitan
word: caqui
lang: Osage
word: 𐓷𐓘𐓮𐓰𐓚́𐓤𐓟
lang: Pashto
word: املوک
roman: amlúk
lang: Persian
word: خرمالو
roman: xormâlu
lang: Polish
word: kaki
lang: Polish
word: persymona
lang: Polish
word: szaron
lang: Polish
word: hurma
lang: Portuguese
word: caqui
lang: Portuguese
word: dióspiro
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪਰਸਿੰਮਨ
roman: parsimman
lang: Quapaw
word: štaną́ke
lang: Romanian
word: kaki
lang: Russian
word: хурма́
roman: xurmá
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: персимон
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: каки
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хурма
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: persimon
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kaki
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: hurma
lang: Sicilian
word: lotu
lang: Sicilian
word: cacu
lang: Slovak
word: kaki
lang: Slovak
word: hurma
lang: Slovak
word: churma
lang: Slovak
word: hurmikaki
lang: Slovene
word: kaki
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: kaki
lang: Spanish
word: caqui
lang: Spanish
word: kaki
lang: Spanish
word: persimón
lang: Spanish
word: persimonio
lang: Spanish
word: pérsimo
lang: Spanish
word: placaminero
lang: Swedish
word: persimon
lang: Swedish
word: kaki
lang: Swedish
word: sharonfrukt
lang: Tajik
word: хурмо
roman: xurmo
lang: Tatar
word: хөрмә
roman: xörmä
lang: Thai
word: พลับ
roman: pláp
lang: Tigrinya
word: ፐርሲሞን
roman: pärsimon
lang: Tigrinya
word: ካኪ
roman: kaki
lang: Turkish
word: Trabzon hurması
lang: Turkish
word: Japon hurması
lang: Turkish
word: hurma
lang: Ukrainian
word: хурма́
roman: xurmá
lang: Ukrainian
word: персимо́на
roman: persymóna
lang: Unami
word: ximin
lang: Urdu
word: جاپانی پھل
roman: jāpānī phal
lang: Urdu
word: خرما
roman: xurmā
lang: Uyghur
word: شىزا
roman: shiza
lang: Uyghur
word: ئەبنۇس
roman: ebnus
lang: Uyghur
word: хорма
roman: xorma
lang: Uzbek
word: xurmo
lang: Uzbek
word: persimon
lang: Vietnamese
word: quả hồng vàng
lang: Vietnamese
word: hồng
lang: Volapük
word: plakminepafluk