pumpkin
A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage,…A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
» What a big pumpkin!
Was für ein großer Kürbis!
Какая большая тыква!
Який великий гарбуз!
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
Kürbis, Kürbispflanze
ты́кваtýkva
гарбу́зharbúz
(countable, uncountable)The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
Kürbis, Kürbisfrucht
ты́кваtýkva
гарбу́зharbúz
usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
(uncountable)The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.
Kürbisfarbe, Kürbisfarben
(Australia, countable, uncountable)Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
(US, countable, uncountable)A term of endearment for someone small and cute.
Kürbis, Schätzchen, Mäuschen
(countable, informal, uncountable)The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents.
Examples
104 sentencesWhat a big pumpkin!
Який великий гарбуз!
ruКакая большая тыква!
deWas für ein großer Kürbis!
Did you plant pumpkins this year?
ruВы посадили тыквы в этом году?
Let's have pumpkin pie for dessert.
Tom baked his wife a pumpkin pie.
ruТом испёк для своей жены тыквенный пирог.
I want to eat some pumpkin pie.
Translations
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Origin
Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French poAlteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647.
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Forms
plural: pumpkinsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes:pumpkin vineautumn pumpkinCucurbita pepo
Word family
41 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable