Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of Citrus maxima and sweet orange.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.

    Grapefruit, Pampelmuse

    грейпфру́тgrejpfrút, грейпфру́тgrejpfrút

    гре́йпфру́тhréjpfrút, гре́йпфру́тhréjpfrút

    citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp

  3. (countable, usually plural, uncountable, vulgar)Large breasts; by extension, a woman with large breasts.

    Cupping her grapefruits in her hands, she closed her eyes and imagined her date grasping them, exploring their size, weight, and firmness.

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't like grapefruit.

    Том не любить грейпфрути.

    ruТом не любит грейпфрут.

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  2. I had half a grapefruit for breakfast.

    ruЯ съел половину грейпфрута на завтрак.

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  3. They export a lot of fruit, such as oranges, grapefruits and lemons.

    deEs wird viel Obst exportiert, zum Beispiel Apfelsinen, Grapefruits und Zitronen.

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  4. Some people think that eating grapefruit with every meal will help you lose weight.

    deEinige glauben, dass der Verzehr von Pampelmusen zu jeder Mahlzeit förderlich beim Abnehmen sei.

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  5. I don't like grapefruit.

    ruЯ не люблю грейпфруты.

    deIch mag keine Pampelmusen.

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Translations

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Origin

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape + fruit, an allusion to the supposed grap

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape + fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pomelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning “great citrus [fruit]”, due to the size of its fruit. A new pomelo variety might first have been called a GRAYT-froot (see greatfruit), and through the process of assimilation, the word came to be pronounced GRAYP-froot.

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Forms

plural: grapefruits / grapefruit
Singulargrapefruit
Pluralgrapefruits / grapefruit

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
breasts:breasts
tree:grapefruit treeCitrus × paradisiCitrus sinensis × Citrus grandisCitrus sinensis × Citrus maxima
Close in meaning
  • citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp:Citrus paradisi

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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