pumpkin
Syllables: pump·kin/ˈpʌmpkɪn//ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/
pumpkin noun: a domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
Noun
pumpkin (countable and uncountable, plural pumpkins)
- A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
- Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient.2023 August, Batchimeg Togoobat, Nan Wu, Xifeng Wang, Mengji Cao, Zhongtian Xu, “Viromic approach reveals differences in the composition, diversity and relative abundance of pumpkin viruses across...
- The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
- There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.1904, L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz
- The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.
- Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
- A term of endearment for someone small and cute.
- You must be daddy’s little pumpkin.1991, John Prine, Pat McLaughlin, “Daddy’s Little Pumpkin”, in The Missing Years (album)
- The housing for a differential, built into an axle of a vehicle; the housing and its contents.
pumpkin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pumpkin in Hindi
- plant
- कुम्हड़ा kumhaṛā, कोंहड़ा kõhṛā, कद्दू kaddū, कदू kadū
- fruit of this plant
- कद्दू kaddū, कदू kadū, कुम्हड़ा kumhaṛā, कोंहड़ा kõhṛā
pumpkin in Tamil
- plant
- பூசணி pūcaṇi
pumpkin in Marathi
- plant
- भोपळा bhopḷā
- fruit of this plant
- भोपळा bhopḷā
pumpkin in Urdu
- fruit of this plant
- کدو kadū, kaddū
More languagesFewer languages
- pumpkin in Bengali
- কুমড়া kumṛa
- pumpkin in Telugu
- గుమ్మడి gummaḍi
- pumpkin in Malayalam
- മത്തൻ mattaṉ, മത്തങ്ങ mattaṅṅa
- pumpkin in Kannada
- ಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ kumbaḷakāyi
- pumpkin in Punjabi
- ਹਲਵਾ ਕੱਦੂ halvā kaddū, ਹਲਵਾ halvā
- pumpkin in Gujarati
- કોળું koḷũ
- pumpkin in Odia
- କଖାରୁ kakhāru
- pumpkin in Sanskrit
- कुष्माण्ड kuṣmāṇḍa
- pumpkin in Assamese
- ৰঙালাও গছ roṅalaü gos, ৰঙালাও roṅalaü
- pumpkin in Nepali
- फर्सी pharsī
- pumpkin in Pashto
- کډو kaḍú
- pumpkin in Tagalog
- kalabasa
- pumpkin in Arabic
- قَرْع qarʕ, يَقْطِين yaqṭīn, دُبَاء dubāʔ
- pumpkin in Malay
- labu
- pumpkin in Indonesian
- labu
- pumpkin in Persian
- کدو حلوایی kadu-halvâyi, کدو تنبل kadu tanbal
- pumpkin in Thai
- ฟักทอง fák-tɔɔng
- pumpkin in Vietnamese
- bí ngô, bí đỏ
- pumpkin in Myanmar
- ရွှေဖရုံပင် hrwehpa.rumpang, ရွှေဖရုံသီး hrwehpa.rumsi:, ဖရုံ hpa.rum
- Dhivehi
- ބަރަބޯ barabō
- Dzongkha
- ཀ་ཀུ་རུ ka ku ru
Examples of pumpkin in a sentence
- I'm about ready to turn into a pumpkin. You can stay up later if you want.
- My daughter turns into a pumpkin at 10:00, so you need to have her home before then.
- Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
Forms of pumpkin
| plural | pumpkins |
|---|---|
| alternative form | punkin |
Origin of pumpkin
Alteration 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. The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false. The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance.
Words formed from pumpkin
- ash pumpkin
- Asian pumpkin
- blumpkin
- bushpumpkin
- butternut pumpkin
- cherpumple
- Dickinson pumpkin
- easy peasy pumpkin peasy
- Japanese pumpkin
- Jarrahdale pumpkin
- pilgrim's pumpkin
- pumpkin ash
- pumpkin beetle
- pumpkin bomb
- pumpkin bread
- pumpkin bug
- pumpkin chunkin'
- pumpkin chunking
- pumpkindom
- pumpkineer
- pumpkin-faced
- pumpkin farm
- pumpking
- pumpkin head
- pumpkin-headed
- pumpkinification
- pumpkinish
- pumpkin jug
- pumpkinless
- pumpkinlike
- pumpkin-on-a-stick
- pumpkin pants
- pumpkin patch
- pumpkin pie
- pumpkin pie spice
- pumpkin-pie spice
- pumpkin porridge
- pumpkinrita
- pumpkinseed
- pumpkin seed
- pumpkin spice
- pumpkin spice latte
- pumpkin-spice latte
- pumpkin spider
- pumpkin suit
- pumpkintini
- Pumpkintown
- pumpkinwise
- pumpkiny
- punkin
- red pumpkin bug
- river pumpkin
- sea pumpkin
- some pumpkins
- turn into a pumpkin
Phrases with pumpkin
Words that rhyme with pumpkin
Questions about pumpkin
- What does pumpkin mean?
- Pumpkin means a domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
- What is pumpkin in Hindi?
- Pumpkin in Hindi is कुम्हड़ा (kumhaṛā), कोंहड़ा (kõhṛā), कद्दू (kaddū). See Pumpkin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pumpkin?
- Pumpkin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pumpkin?
- Pumpkin is pronounced /ˈpʌmpkɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pumpkin?
- The plural of pumpkin is pumpkins.
Words near pumpkin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pumpkin (page history and authors); फर्सी (Nepali) (page history and authors); کډو (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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