kumquat

See also: Kumquat

English

kumquat fruits

Alternative forms

• cumquat, komquat

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 (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

Noun

kumquat (plural kumquats)

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

Derived terms

• citrangequat (Citrus × georgiana)
• lemonquat (Citrus × japonica)
• limequat (Citrus × floridana)
• mandarinquat (Citrus japonica × Citrus reticulata)
• Nagami kumquat
• orangequat
• sunquat (Citrus × japonica)

Related terms

• loquat

Translations

small orange fruit

• Arabic: بُرْتُقَال ذَهَبِيّ m (burtuqāl ḏahabiyy)
• Catalan: cumquat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹)

  Hokkien: 金棗 / 金枣 (kim-tsó), 金桔仔 (kim-kiat-á), 桔仔 (kiat-á), 金柑 (kim-kam)

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

• 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)
• Indonesian: kimkit
• Irish: cumcuat m
• Italian: kumquat m, mandarino cinese m, chinotto (it) 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
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• 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

Czech

Alternative forms

• kumkvat

Etymology

Borrowed from English kumquat, from Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkumkvat]
• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

Noun

kumquat m inan (relational adjective kumquatový)

1. kumquat (tree of Citrus japonica)
2. kumquat (fruit of Citrus japonica)

Declension

Declension of kumquat (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kumquat	kumquaty
genitive	kumquatu	kumquatů
dative	kumquatu	kumquatům
accusative	kumquat	kumquaty
vocative	kumquate	kumquaty
locative	kumquatu	kumquatech
instrumental	kumquatem	kumquaty

Further reading

• “kumquat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

From Cantonese 柑橘 (gam¹ gwat¹)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kum‧quat

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats, diminutive kumquatje n)

1. kumquat

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kumquat”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

• kumquat on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. 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)

1. kumquat

   Synonym: mandarino cinese

Portuguese

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat (small orange fruit)

Spanish

Noun

kumquat m (plural kumquats)

1. kumquat

   Synonyms: naranjo chino, naranjo enano, quinoto