carambola

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Presumably from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), via Portuguese.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəmˈbəʊlə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə

carambola (plural carambolas)

1. A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
2. The fruit of this tree, more commonly known as star fruit.
   • 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 124:

     She leans out of sight before coming back with a bowl of something—looks like sliced fresh carambola with salt and chili.

3. A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.

   carambola:  

Borrowed from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ɾəmˈbɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ɾamˈbɔ.la]

carambola f (plural caramboles)

1. star fruit
2. carom

• caramboler

• “carambola”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃.bɔ.la/
• Homophones: carambolas, carambolât

carambola

1. third-person singular past historic of caramboler

• IPA^(key): /kaˈram.bo.la/
• Rhymes: -ambola
• Hyphenation: ca‧ràm‧bo‧la

carambola f (plural carambole)

1. cannon, carom (in snooker etc.)
2. star fruit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

carambola

1. inflection of carambolare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ram‧bo‧la

carambola f (plural carambolas)

1. carambola, star fruit (fruit)

carambola

1. (minced oath) synonym of caramba (“damn”)

• caramboleira

Borrowed from Portuguese carambola.

• IPA^(key): /kaɾamˈbola/ [ka.ɾãmˈbo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: ca‧ram‧bo‧la

carambola f (plural carambolas)

1. star fruit
2. fluke
3. double whammy; act of killing two birds with one stone
4. (snooker, pool, billiards) cannon
5. (snooker, pool, billiards) three-cushion shot

   Continuaban desocupadas las mesas en redor, los músicos charlaban en el palco, y del salón de billares llegaba el ruido de tacos con que algunos entusiastas aplaudían una carambola complicadísima.

• “carambola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024