mangosteen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan, variant of manggis. Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/, (uncommon) /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stin/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːn/

Noun

mangosteen (plural mangosteens)

A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
1. (more specifically) A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
The tree on which the fruit grows.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: マンゴスチン (mangosuchin)

Translations

fruit

Arabic: مَانْغُوسْتِين m (manḡustīn), مَانْجُوسْتِين m (mangustīn), جَوْز جَنْدَم m (jawz jandam)
Bengali: ম্যাঙ্গোস্টিন (mêṅgōsṭin)
Bouyei: please add this translation if you can
Burmese: မင်းကွတ် (my) (mang:kwat)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 山竹 (yue) (saan¹ zuk¹), 山竹果 (saan¹ zuk¹ gwo²)

Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

Mandarin: 山竹 (zh) (shānzhú), 山竹果 (shānzhúguǒ), 莽吉柿 (zh) (mǎngjíshì)
Czech: mangostana lahodná f, mangostan m
Danish: mangostan c
Dhivehi: މަބުސްތާން (mabustān̊)
Dutch: mangistan (nl) m
Esperanto: mangostano
Finnish: mangostani (fi)
French: mangoustan (fr), mangouste (fr), brindone (fr) m
German: Mangostane (de) f
Hindi: मेन्गोस्टीन (mengosṭīn)
Hungarian: mangosztán (hu)
Indonesian: manggis (id)
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: mangostano (it) m
Japanese: マンゴスチン (ja) (mangosuchin)
Javanese: manngis, manggis (jv)
Kannada: ಮುರುಗಲ ಹಣ್ಣು (murugala haṇṇu), ಕೋಕಂ (kōkaṃ), ಪುನರ್ಪುಳಿ (punarpuḷi) (Havyaka Kannada)
Khmer: មង្ឃុត (km) (mŭəngkhut)
Khmu: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 망고스틴 (manggoseutin)
Lao: ມັງຄຸດ (mang khut), ໝາກມັງຄຸດ (māk mang khut)
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Malay: manggis (ms), manggustan
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: хадны дорго (xadny dorgo)
Occitan: mangosta (oc) f, mangostan m
Persian: گوز گندم (gowz-e gandom) (archaic)
Polish: mangostan (pl) m
Portuguese: mangostão m, mangostim m
Romanian: mangustan m
Russian: мангоста́н (ru) m (mangostán), мангуста́н (ru) m (mangustán), мангустин m (mangustin)
Sinhalese: මැංගුස් (si) (mæṁgus), මැන්ගුස් (mængus), පළතුර (si) (paḷatura)
Spanish: mangostán (es) m, mangostino (es) m
Sundanese: manggu (su)
Swedish: mangostan (sv)
Tagalog: manggustan
Tamil: மாங்கிஸ் (māṅkis), மங்குசுத்தான் (maṅkucuttāṉ)
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: มังคุด (th) (mang-kút)
Tulu: ಪುನರ್ಪುಳಿ (punarpuḷi)
Ukrainian: мангоста́н m (manhostán), мангоста́на f (manhostána), мангуста́н m (manhustán)
Vietnamese: măng cụt (vi)
White Hmong: txiv nplai qij
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

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