papaya
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papaya
- /pəˈpaɪ.ə/ UK
- /pəˈpɑː.jə/ UK
Rhymes with -aɪə, -ɑːjə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Doublet of pawpaw.
noun papayas
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A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
Similar: pawpaw
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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.
Similar: pawpaw
- An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
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noun tree
| Español | papayo, frutabomba, papayero, lechoso |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | पपीता papītā |
| Kiswahili | mpapai |
| Português | mamoeiro |
| Français | papayer |
| Русский | папа́йя papájja |
| Tiếng Việt | cây đu đủ |
noun fruit
| Español | papaya, papaya), lechosa, mamón, put |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 파파야 papaya |
| 日本語 | パパイヤ papaiya |
| 中文 | 番木瓜 fānmùguā, 木瓜 mùguā |
| हिन्दी | पपीता papītā |
| Kiswahili | papai, papayu |
| Português | mamão, papaia |
| Français | papaye |
| Deutsch | Papaya |
| Italiano | papaia |
| Ελληνικά | παπάγια papágia |
| Română | papaia |
| Русский | папа́йя papájja |
| Tiếng Việt | đu đủ, thù đủ |
| العربية | بَابَايَا bābāyā |
| עברית | פָּפָּיָה papáya, פפאיה papáya |
Talk about this word "papaya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/papaya. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. papaya. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/papaya "papaya." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/papaya.Cite this
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title = {papaya},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/papaya},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
