pamplemoussier

French

Etymology

From pamplemousse +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.plə.mu.sje/
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Noun

pamplemoussier m (plural pamplemoussiers)

(botanic) grapefruit tree (Citrus maxima) from the Rutaceae family
- Cette fois-ci l’épreuve pour les deux équipes consistait à déraciner un vieux pamplemoussier.
  This time the test for both teams involved uprooting an old grapefruit tree.
  (Rémy Gils, Parlons Amis: Une langue aborigène de Taïwan, 2010)

Adjective

pamplemoussier (feminine pamplemoussière, masculine plural pamplemoussiers, feminine plural pamplemoussières)

(relational) grapefruit

Further reading

“pamplemoussier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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