passion fruit

See also: passionfruit

English

passion fruit

Alternative forms

• passionfruit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?

Latin patior

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Italic *-tjō

Latin -tiō

Latin passiōbor.

Old English passion

Latin passiōbor.

Old French passionbor.

Middle English passioun

English passion

Latin frūctus

Old French fruitbor.

Middle English fruyt

English fruit

English passion fruit

From passion +‎ fruit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

passion fruit (countable and uncountable, plural passion fruit or passion fruits)

1. A plant, passiflora, that produces an edible fruit.
3. The edible fruit of the passionflower, Passiflora edulis; a round fruit with a purple or yellow skin which is native to Brazil.

   He brought four passion fruits from the market.

   Passion fruits are added for visual interest.

4. (uncountable) The flesh of the edible fruit.

   A slice of passion fruit was added to the dessert for visual interest.

5. (colloquial) A person whom one cherishes very much, especially a woman.
   • 2009, Marnelle Tokio, Room 207:

     “Ah my little passion fruit,” José cooed, “I knew it. You are feeling the love too!”

Derived terms

• banana passionfruit
• Passion fruit yellow mosaic virus
• wild passionfruit

Translations

plant

• Aukan: ampukutitei, marakuzya (Paramaccan)
• Chinese: 西番蓮 / 西番莲 (zh) (xīfānlián), 西番莲 (zh) (xīfānlián)
• Hawaiian: lilikoʻi
• Indonesian: markisa (id)
• Kari'na: sosoporo, nuno ninjohpo, tukusi wokuru, merekuya, tukusi sosopororë
• Lokono: horotoballi, marudi yure, bimiti, bimititokon, kuleto, yawahü merekuya, simitu, merekuya ferobero
• Malay: markisa (ms)
• Maori: akakaikū, kōhia, kohe
• Nheengatu: murukuyá
• Old Tupi: murukuîá
• Polish: marakuja (pl) f
• Portuguese: maracujazeiro (pt) m
• Russian: мараку́йя (ru) f (marakújja), страстоцве́т (ru) m (strastocvét), пассифло́ра (ru) f (passiflóra)
• Spanish: pasionaria (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: markusa, snekimarkusa, paramarkusa, blakamarkusa, yorkamarkusa

edible fruit

• Arabic: ثَمَرَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام f (ṯamarat zahrat al-ʔālām), فَاكِهَة زَهْرَة اَلْآلَام f (fākihat zahrat al-ʔālām), مَارَاكُويَّا f (marakūyyā)
• Belarusian: мараку́я f (marakúja)
• Bulgarian: мараку́я f (marakúja)
• Burmese: ပင်မှည့် (my) (panghmany.)
• Catalan: maracujà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 熱情果 / 热情果 (jit⁶ cing⁴ gwo²)

  Hokkien: 鑽心蓮 / 钻心莲 (chǹg-sim-liân), 玉蕊花 (gio̍k-lúi-hoe), 風車花 / 风车花 (hong-chhia-hoe), 雞卵果 / 鸡卵果 (ke-nn̄g-kó, koe-nn̄g-kó), 時計果 / 时计果 (sî-kè-kó), 酸荔果 (sng-lāi-kó)

  Mandarin: 西番蓮果 / 西番莲果 (zh) (xīfānlián guǒ), 百香果 (zh) (bǎixiāngguǒ)

• Czech: plod mučenky m, marakuja f
• Dutch: passievrucht (nl) m or f, markoesa m or f (Suriname)
• Esperanto: pasifrukto, marakujo
• Finnish: passiohedelmä (fi)
• French: fruit de la passion (fr) m
• Galician: maracuxá (gl) m
• German: Passionsfrucht (de) f, Maracuja (de) f
• Greek: φρούτο του πάθους (el) m (froúto tou páthous)
• Hawaiian: lilikoʻi
• Hebrew: פסיפלורה (he)
• Hindi: कृष्णकमल फल (kŕṣṇakmal phal), कृष्णा फल (kŕṣṇā phal)
• Hungarian: passiógyümölcs (hu), maraguja (hu)
• Icelandic: passíuávöxtur m
• Indonesian: markisa (id)
• Irish: páiseog f
• Italian: frutto della passione (it) m
• Japanese: パッションフルーツ (ja) (passhonfurūtsu)
• Khmer: ក្រូចទ្រើង (km) (krouctrəəng)
• Korean: 패션프루츠 (paesyeonpeurucheu), 백향과(百香果) (baekhyanggwa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} berê hindek gul kovanan

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: marakuja (lv) f
• Luxembourgish: Passiounsfruucht f
• Macedonian: мараку́ја f (marakúja)
• Malay: buah markisa
• Maori: kōhia
• Nepali: लहरे आँप (lahare ā̃p)
• Nheengatu: murukuyá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pasjonsfrukt m or f

  Nynorsk: pasjonsfrukt f

• Old Tupi: murukuîá
• Persian: پشن فروت (pašen frut)
• Polish: marakuja (pl) f
• Portuguese: maracujá (pt) m
• Romanian: fructul pasiunii n, maracuia f
• Russian: мараку́йя (ru) f (marakújja), страстоцве́т (ru) m (strastocvét), плод стра́сти (ru) m (plod strásti), пе́шенфрут m (pɛ́šenfrut), пешенфру́т m (pɛšenfrút), пассифло́ра (ru) f (passiflóra)
• Rwanda-Rundi: marakuja
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: маракуја f

  Roman: marakuja (sh) f

• Slovene: marakuja f
• Spanish: granadilla f, maracuyá (es) m, calala f (Nicaragua), chinola f (Dominican Republic), parcha (es) f (Puerto Rico), parchita (es) f (Venezuela)
• Sranan Tongo: markusa
• Swedish: passionsfrukt (sv)
• Tagalog: pasyunarya
• Tajik: мева оташи (meva otaš-i)
• Thai: เสาวรส (th) (sǎo-wá-rót)
• Turkish: çarkıfelek (tr)
• Ukrainian: мараку́я f (marakúja)
• Vietnamese: chanh dây, chanh leo
• Welsh: granadila m
• Yoruba: ife gidigidi eso

flesh of the fruit

• Chinese: 西番蓮果肉 / 西番莲果肉, 西番莲果肉 (xīfānliánguǒ), 百香果果肉, 百香果果肉 (bǎixiāngguǒguǒròu)
• Finnish: passionhedelmä
• Portuguese: polpa de maracujá f
• Swedish: passionsfruktkött n

person

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Translations to be checked

• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} trái mác mác

See also

• maracuja