English
Alternative spellings
sense|US|term of endearment punkin
Pronunciation
AHD|pÅmpʹkin, IPA|/Ë�pÊ�mpkɪn/, SAMPA|/"pVmpkin/
audio|en-us-pumpkin.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- A domesticated plant, Cucurbita pepo similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
- The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
#* The Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum, 1:
#*: There were pumpkins in Mombi's corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.
- The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant
- context|US A term of endearment for someone small and cute.
#* John Prine, Daddy's Little Pimpkin: You must be daddy's little pumpkin
Translations
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Czech: t-|cs|dýn�|f
Danish: græskar, græskarplante
Finnish: t-|fi|kurpitsa
German: t+|de|Kürbis|m
Hebrew: he-translation|��עת|dlá`at f
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Japanese: �� (���� kabocha)
Portuguese:
:Brazil: i|pé de t+|pt|jerimum|m, t+|pt|aboboreira|f
Russian: t-|ru|��ква|f|trtýkva|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|bu�a|f
Spanish: t+|es|calabaza|f
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trans-top|fruit of this plant
Danish: græskar
Esperanto: t-|eo|kukurbo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|kurpitsa
French: t-|fr|citrouille|f
Friulan: �u�he f
German: t+|de|Kürbis|m
Hebrew: he-translation|��עת|dlá`at f
Italian: t+|it|zucca|f
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Japanese: �� (���� kabocha)
Portuguese: t+|pt|abóbora|f, t+|pt|jerimum|m qualifier|Brazil
Russian: t-|ru|��ква|f|trtýkva|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|bu�a|f
Spanish: calabaza f, auyama f qualifier|Colombia|Venezuela|Dominican Republic, ayote f qualifier|Costa Rica|El Salvador|Honduras|Nicaragua|Guatemala, zapallo m qualifier|Argentina|Bolivia|Chile|Ecuador|Panama|Paraguay|Peru|Uruguay
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Finnish: t-|fi|kurpitsa
Hebrew: he-translation|��עת|dlá`at f
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Portuguese: t+|pt|abóbora, t+|pt|laranja
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trans-top|term of endearment
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ttbc|Albanian: Kungull
ttbc|Bulgarian: �иква (tikva) f (1,2)
ttbc|Chinese: ��
ttbc|Dutch: pompoen f
ttbc|French: citrouille f (1) (2), potiron m (1) (2), courge f ("courge" is not right: this is "marrow" (UK)/"squash" (US) - a different fruit: elongated and green; a large version of courgette (UK)/zucchini (US))
ttbc|Frisian: klabats, pompoen
ttbc|Guarani: andai (1)
ttbc|Hungarian: süt�tök
ttbc|Interlingua: cucurbita (1,2,3)
ttbc|Korean: �� (hobag, hobak)
ttbc|Lojban: brazme, kurbita
ttbc|Malayalam: മത�ത��� (matthangga)
ttbc|Maricopa: xmat
ttbc|Norwegian: gresskar
ttbc|O'odham: <nowiki>ha:l</nowiki>
ttbc|Polish: dynia f
ttbc|Romanian: dovleac m, bostan m
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See also
calabash
calabaza
gourd
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