agrume
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian agrume, borrowed from Latin ācrūmen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡʁym/
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Noun
agrume m (plural agrumes)
- citrus (fruit)
Related terms
Further reading
- “agrume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- agrume on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin or Medieval Latin ācrūmen (“something sour or bitter”), ultimately from Latin ācer (“sharp, sour, bitter”). Cognate to Old French aigrun (“sour fruit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡru.me/
- Rhymes: -ume
- Hyphenation: a‧grù‧me
Noun
agrume m (plural agrumi)
- citrus (fruit and tree)
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish
Verb
agrume
- inflection of agrumar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative