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grapefruit

/ˈɡɹeɪ̯pfɹuːt/ UK
/ˈɡɹɛjpfɹʉwt/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɡɹeɪ̯pfɹut/ US
/ˈɡɹæɪ̯pfɹʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈɡɾepfɾʉt/ Scotland
/ˈɡɹepfɹʉt/ Northern Ireland
/ˈɡɾeːpfɾɪʊ̯t/ Wales

Rhymes with -eɪpfɹuːt

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Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape + fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pomelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning “great citrus [fruit]”, due to the size of its fruit. A new pomelo variety might first have been called a GRAYT-froot (see greatfruit), and through the process of assimilation, the word came to be pronounced GRAYP-froot.

noun grapefruits · grapefruit

countable, uncountable The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of Citrus maxima and sweet orange. Results have begun to come in and at Comfort Castle this month I spent a useful and happy half day carting round 8 children in my car to their homes where we all helped to fill in with good soil and manure, their excellently dug holes and planted the grapefruit.
countable, uncountable The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree. Grapefruit is high in vitamin C. The pink and red varieties contain vitamin A (betacarotene) and lycopene, an antioxidant that may help prevent cancer. Grapefruit contains a chemical that can alter intestinal absorption of some medications and lead to higher than normal blood levels of some drugs an
Similar: pomelo, shaddock, forbidden fruit
countable, plural normally, uncountable, vulgar Large breasts; by extension, a woman with large breasts. Cupping her grapefruits in her hands, she closed her eyes and imagined her date grasping them, exploring their size, weight, and firmness.
Similar: breasts

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: citrus paradisi, fruit, ball, balloon, pomelo, ugli, citrumelo, orangelo, sweet orange, chinese grapefruit, tangelo, forbidden fruit, sweetie, citrange, pommelo, citron

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noun tree

Español	toronjo
한국어	그레이프프루트 geureipeupeuruteu
日本語	グレープフルーツ gurēpufurūtsu
中文	柚子 yòuzi, 葡萄柚 pútáoyòu
Kiswahili	mbalungi
Português	toranjeira
Français	pamplemoussier
Italiano	pompelmo
Русский	грейпфру́т grejpfrút
Tiếng Việt	bưởi chùm
العربية	زَنْبَاع zanbāʕ
עברית	עץ האשכולית

noun fruit

Español	toronja, pomelo
한국어	그레이프프루트 geureipeupeuruteu, 자몽 jamong
日本語	グレープフルーツ gurēpufurūtsu
中文	柚子 yòuzi, 葡萄柚 pútáoyòu
हिन्दी	मौसमी mausmī, छोटा चकोतरा choṭā cakotrā, चकोतरा cakotrā
Kiswahili	balungi
Português	toranja, toronja
Français	pamplemousse, pomélo, chadègue, chadigue
Deutsch	Grapefruit, Pampelmuse
Italiano	pompelmo
Ελληνικά	γκρέιπφρουτ gkréipfrout
Română	grepfrut
Русский	грейпфру́т grejpfrút
Tiếng Việt	bưởi chùm, bưởi đắng
العربية	لَيْمُون هِنْدِيّ laymūn hindiyy, جْرِيب فْرُوت greyb frūt, كْرِيفُون krīfūn, كَرِيفُون karīfūn, زَنْبَاع zanbāʕ
עברית	אֶשְׁכּוֹלִית eshkolít

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@misc{grapefruit_2026,
  title = {grapefruit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grapefruit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}