Κίτρος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Citrus, from Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcitɾos/
• Hyphenation: Κί‧τρος

Proper noun

Κίτρος  • (Kítros) f (plural Κίτροι)

1. (botany) The genus Citrus, which includes fruits such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, etc.

Declension

Declension of Κίτρος

	singular	plural
nominative	Κίτρος (Kítros)	Κίτροι (Kítroi)
genitive	Κίτρου (Kítrou)	Κίτρων (Kítron)
accusative	Κίτρο (Kítro)	Κίτρους (Kítrous)
vocative	Κίτρε (Kítre) Κίτρο (Kítro)	Κίτροι (Kítroi)

Coordinate terms

common names of trees of the genus Citrus:

• λεμονιά f (lemoniá, “lemon tree”)
• μανταρινιά f (mantariniá, “mandarine tree”)
• κιτριά f (kitriá, “citron tree”)
• πορτοκαλιά f (portokaliá, “orange tree”)
• νεραντζιά f (nerantziá, “Seville orange tree”)
• κουμκουάτ n (koumkouát, “kumquat”)

Further reading

• Κίτρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el