Meaning

2 senses
  1. A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.

  2. The edible fruit of this tree.

    Rambutan

    рамбута́нrambután

    рамбута́нrambután

    Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Help me to reach that rambutan.

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  2. I tried eating a rambutan.

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  3. Oh! That rambutan tree is laden with fruit.

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  4. The rambutan is native to tropical regions of Southeast Asia.

    deDie Rambutan ist in den tropischen Regionen Südostasiens zu Hause.

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Translations

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Origin

From Malay rambutan, from rambut (“hair”) + -an (“forming nouns”).

From Malay rambutan, from rambut (“hair”) + -an (“forming nouns”).

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Forms

plural: rambutans
Singularrambutan
Pluralrambutans

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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