longan

English

Longan fruits

Alternative forms

• lungan

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 / 龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”). Doublet of Longyan (“grape”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒŋɡən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔŋɡən/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋɡən/

Noun

longan (plural longans)

1. An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
2. The fruit from the longan tree.

Synonyms

• dragon's eye

Translations

tree

• Burmese: တောကြက်မောက် (tau:krakmauk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 龍眼樹 / 龙眼树 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵ syu⁶)

  Hakka: 牛眼樹 / 牛眼树 (ngiù-ngién-su)

  Hokkien: ^{(please verify)} 龍眼 / 龙眼 (zh-min-nan) (lêng-géng, gêng-gíng)

  Mandarin: 龍眼樹 / 龙眼树 (lóngyǎnshù)

• Esperanto: longano
• Finnish: longaani (fi)
• French: longanier (fr) m
• Japanese: リュウガン (ryūgan)
• Khmer: មៀន (km) (miən)
• Mongolian: лууны нүд (luuny nüd)
• Portuguese: longana f
• Russian: лонга́н (ru) m (longán)
• Spanish: longuián m, longan m
• Thai: ลำไย (th) (lam-yai)
• Tày: mác cại lái
• Vietnamese: nhãn (vi)
• Zhuang: faexnganx

fruit

• Burmese: ကြက်မောက်သီး (my) (krakmauksi:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 龍眼 / 龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵)

  Hakka: 牛眼 (ngiù-ngién)

  Hokkien: 龍眼 / 龙眼 (zh-min-nan) (lêng-géng, gêng-gíng)

  Literary Chinese: 龍目 (lóngmù)

  Mandarin: 龍眼 / 龙眼 (zh) (lóngyǎn), 桂圓 / 桂圆 (zh) (guìyuán)

• Esperanto: longano
• Finnish: longaani (fi)
• French: longane (fr) m
• Indonesian: lengkeng (id), kelengkeng (id)
• Japanese: 竜眼 (ja) (リュウガン, ryūgan)
• Javanese: klèngkèng (jv)
• Kazakh: ұлукөз (ūluköz), лонган (loñan)
• Khmer: មៀន (km) (miən)
• Korean: 롱간 (ronggan)
• Lao: ໝາກລຳໄຍ (māk lam nyai)
• Manchu: ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ (muyari)
• Mongolian: лууны нүд (luuny nüd)
• Portuguese: longana f, longan m
• Russian: лонга́н (ru) m (longán)
• Spanish: longuián, ojo de dragón, longan m
• Thai: ลำไย (th) (lam-yai)
• Uyghur: لۇڭيەن (lungyen)
• Vietnamese: nhãn (vi)
• Zhuang: maknganx

Further reading

• longan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dimocarpus longan on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dimocarpus longan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

longan

1. accusative singular of longa

Finnish

Noun

longan

1. genitive singular of lonka

Anagrams

• langon

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 龍眼／龙眼 (lung4 ngaan5, literally, “dragon's eye”).

Noun

longan m

1. longan (Dimocarpus longan)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 / 龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloŋɡan/ [ˈloŋ.ɡan]
• Hyphenation: lon‧gan

Noun

longan (Jawi spelling لوڠن, plural longan-longan, informal 1st possessive longanku, 2nd possessive longanmu, 3rd possessive longannya)

1. longan (Dimocarpus longan)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lõˈɡɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lõˈɡan/

Noun

longan m (plural longans)

1. longan (fruit of the longan tree)

   Synonym: longana

Spanish

Alternative forms

• longuián

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 / 龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlonɡan/ [ˈlõŋ.ɡãn]
• Rhymes: -onɡan
• Syllabification: lon‧gan

Noun

longan m (plural lónganes)

1. longan (Dimocarpus longan)

   Synonyms: ojo de dragón, limoncillo chino