cumquat

cumquat (plural cumquats)

1. Alternative spelling of kumquat.

Borrowed from English kumquat, from Cantonese 柑橘 (gam1 gwat1) or 金橘 (gam1 gwat1, literally “golden tangerine”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [kumˈkwat]

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cumquat m (plural cumquats)

1. kumquat (tree and fruit)

• “cumquat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007