carambola

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Presumably from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), via Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəmˈbəʊlə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

carambola (plural carambolas)

1. A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
2. The fruit of this tree, more commonly known as star fruit.
   • 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 124:

     She leans out of sight before coming back with a bowl of something—looks like sliced fresh carambola with salt and chili.

3. A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.

   carambola:  

Derived terms

• caramboxin

 

Translations

tree

• Catalan: caramboler (ca) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: karambola (fi)
• Galician: caramboleira (gl) f
• Spanish: carambolo (es) m
• Ukrainian: карамбо́ла f (karambóla)
• Vietnamese: khế (vi)

fruit — see star fruit

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ɾəmˈbɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ɾamˈbɔ.la]

Noun

carambola f (plural caramboles)

1. star fruit
2. carom

Derived terms

• caramboler

Further reading

• “carambola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃.bɔ.la/
• Homophones: carambolas, carambolât

Verb

carambola

1. third-person singular past historic of caramboler

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈram.bo.la/
• Rhymes: -ambola
• Hyphenation: ca‧ràm‧bo‧la

Etymology 1

Noun

carambola f (plural carambole)

1. cannon, carom (in snooker etc.)
2. star fruit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carambola

1. inflection of carambolare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

carambola

Etymology

Via Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾɐ̃ˈbɔ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾɐ̃ˈbɔ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾɐ̃ˈbɔ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈbɔ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ

Noun

carambola f (plural carambolas)

1. star fruit (fruit)

Related terms

• caramboleira

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese carambola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾamˈbola/ [ka.ɾãmˈbo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: ca‧ram‧bo‧la

Noun

carambola f (plural carambolas)

1. star fruit
2. fluke
3. double whammy; act of killing two birds with one stone
4. (snooker, pool, billiards) cannon
5. (snooker, pool, billiards) three-cushion shot

   Continuaban desocupadas las mesas en redor, los músicos charlaban en el palco, y del salón de billares llegaba el ruido de tacos con que algunos entusiastas aplaudían una carambola complicadísima.

Related terms

• carambolo (tree)

 

Further reading

• “carambola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28