papaya
/pəˈpaɪ.ə/
papaya noun: a tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
Noun
papaya (plural papayas)
- A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
- Synonyms:
- pawpaw
- The fruit of this tree.
- It was that image, its practical mundanity, the preparation of fruit I have seen you do a thousand times, the spoon gliding along the papaya’s flesh-orange core, a slush of black seeds plopping into the steel sink, that made it unbearable.2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 135
- Synonyms:
- pawpaw
- An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
papaya meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
papaya in Hindi
- tree
- पपीता papītā
- fruit
- पपीता papītā
papaya in Tamil
- tree
- பப்பாளி pappāḷi
- fruit
- பப்பாளி pappāḷi
papaya in Marathi
- fruit
- पपाया papāyā
papaya in Urdu
- fruit
- پپیتا papītā
More languagesFewer languages
- papaya in Bengali
- পেঁপে pẽpe, কয়ফল koẏfol
- papaya in Telugu
- బొప్పాయిచెట్టు boppāyiceṭṭu, బొప్పాయి పండు boppāyi paṇḍu
- papaya in Malayalam
- കപ്ലം kaplaṁ, കപ്ലങ്ങ kaplaṅṅa
- papaya in Kannada
- ಪರಂಗಿ ಹಣ್ಣು paraṅgi haṇṇu
- papaya in Punjabi
- ਪਪੀਤਾ papītā
- papaya in Gujarati
- પપૈયું papaiyũ
- papaya in Odia
- ଅମୃତଭଣ୍ଡା amrutabhaṇḍā
- papaya in Assamese
- অমিতা omita
- papaya in Nepali
- मेवा mewā
- papaya in Tagalog
- papaya
- papaya in Arabic
- بَابَايَا bābāyā
- papaya in Malay
- betik, pepaya, kepaya
- papaya in Indonesian
- pepaya, betik
- papaya in Persian
- پاپایه pâpâye
- papaya in Thai
- มะละกอ má-lá-gɔɔ
- papaya in Vietnamese
- cây đu đủ, đu đủ, thù đủ
- papaya in Myanmar
- သင်္ဘောသီး sangbhau:si:
- Dhivehi
- ފަޅޯ faḷō
Synonyms of papaya
Forms of papaya
| plural | papayas |
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Origin of papaya
Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Doublet of pawpaw.
Words formed from papaya
Words that rhyme with papaya
Questions about papaya
- What does papaya mean?
- Papaya means a tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
- What is papaya in Hindi?
- Papaya in Hindi is पपीता (papītā). See Papaya meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is papaya?
- Papaya is a noun.
- How do you pronounce papaya?
- Papaya is pronounced /pəˈpaɪ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of papaya?
- The plural of papaya is papayas.
Words near papaya in the dictionary
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