jujube

See also: Jujube

English

Fresh jujube berries

Zizyphus jujuba (2)

American jujube candies (6)

Etymology

From Middle English jujube, from Medieval Latin jujuba or Old French jujube, perhaps via Old Occitan from Classical Latin zīzyphum, zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon)․ First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuːb/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuː.biː/

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Noun

jujube (plural jujubes)

1. The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
2. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.

   Synonym: Chinese date

3. The fruit of this tree, fructus jujubae.

   Synonym: Chinese date

4. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.

   Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu

5. The fruit of this tree.

   Synonyms: Chinese date, ber, Indian plum, Regi pandu

6. (Canada, US) A type of candy; specific type varies by country.

Synonyms

• (Ziziphus jujuba tree): red date, Korean date, Indian date
• (Ziziphus jujuba fruit): red date, Korean date, Indian date
• (Ziziphus mauritiana tree): Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
• (Ziziphus mauritiana fruit): Chinee apple, Chinkee apple, Indian jujube, masau
• (fruit): jujubean, juju bean
• (candy): jujubean, juju bean

Derived terms

• jube
• juju
• juju bean
• jujubean

 

Translations

Ziziphus jujuba tree

• Arabic: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)

  Chadian Arabic: نابك (nābak)

• Armenian: ունաբ (hy) (unab), ունաբի (unabi)

  Middle Armenian: յունապի (yunapi)

• Assamese: বগৰী গছ (bogori gos)
• Bulgarian: хинап m (hinap)
• Burmese: ဇီးပင် (ji:pang)
• Catalan: ginjoler (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棗樹／枣树 (zh) (zǎoshù)

• Finnish: kiinanjujuba (fi)
• French: jujubier (fr) m
• Galician: azufaifo m
• German: Jujube f, chinesische Dattel f
• Greek: τζιτζιφιά (el) f (tzitzifiá)

  Ancient: ζίζυφον n (zízuphon)

• Italian: giuggiolo m
• Kannada: ಎಲಚಿ (kn) (elaci)
• Korean: 대추나무 (ko) (daechunamu)
• Latin: zizyphus f
• Macedonian: ци́рка f (círka)
• Persian: عناب (fa) ('annâb)
• Polish: jujuba (pl) f
• Portuguese: jujuba (pt) f, jujubeira f
• Romanian: jujub (ro) m, jujubier (ro) m
• Russian: юю́ба (ru) f (jujúba), кита́йский фи́ник m (kitájskij fínik), уна́би m (unábi), жужу́ба f (žužúba), жужу́б m (žužúb)
• Spanish: azufaifo (es) m, jinjolero
• Turkish: hünnap (tr)
• Vietnamese: cây táo tàu (vi)

Ziziphus jujuba fruit

• Albanian: hide (sq) f, xinxife (sq) f, kimçë f
• Arabic: عُنَّاب m (ʕunnāb)

  Chadian Arabic: نابك (nābak)

• Armenian: ունաբ (hy) (unab)

  Middle Armenian: յունապ (yunap)

• Assamese: বগৰী (bogori)
• Azerbaijani: innab (az)
• Bulgarian: хинап m (hinap)
• Burmese: ဇီးသီး (ji:si:)
• Catalan: gínjol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棗／枣 (zh) (zǎo)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: jujube (nl) f
• Esperanto: jujubo (eo)
• Finnish: kiinanjujuba (fi), jujube
• French: jujube (fr) m
• German: Jujube f, chinesische Dattel f, Brustbeere f
• Greek: ζίζιφο n (zízifo), τζίτζιφο (el) n (tzítzifo)
• Italian: giuggiola (it) f
• Kannada: ಎಲಚಿ (kn) (elaci)
• Korean: 대추 (ko) (daechu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سِنجِرازی (sincirazî)

• Latin: zizyphum n
• Macedonian: ци́рка f (círka)
• Ottoman Turkish: ایگده (iğde), عناب (ʿunnab)
• Persian: عناب (fa) ('annâb)
• Polish: jujuba (pl) f
• Portuguese: jujuba (pt) f
• Romanian: jujubă (ro) f
• Russian: юю́ба (ru) f (jujúba), кита́йский фи́ник m (kitájskij fínik), уна́би m (unábi), жужу́ба f (žužúba), жужу́б m (žužúb)
• Sanskrit: सेवि (sa) n (sevi)
• Serbo-Croatian: žižula (sh) f
• Spanish: azufaifa (es) f, jínjol
• Turkish: İnnap, hünnap (tr)
• Vietnamese: quả táo tàu (vi)
• Wolof: déem (wo)

Ziziphus mauritiana tree

• Catalan: ginjoler (ca) m
• Vietnamese: cây táo ta (vi)

Ziziphus mauritiana fruit

• Catalan: gínjol (ca) m
• Greek: ζίζιφο (zízifo)
• Vietnamese: quả táo ta (vi)

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• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 紅棗／红枣 (hung⁴ zou²)

  Hokkien: ^{(please verify)} 棗／枣 (chó), ^{(please verify)} 棗仔／枣仔 (chó-á)

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 棗／枣 (zh) (zǎo), ^{(please verify)} 棗實／枣实 (zh) (zǎoshí)

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} უნაბი (ka) (unabi)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 棗 (ja) (なつめ, natsume), ^{(please verify)} ナツメ (ja) (natsume)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 대추 (ko) (daechu)
• Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} mokonazy (mg)
• Pali: ^{(please verify)} badara n
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} jujubär (sv), ^{(please verify)} jujuber, ^{(please verify)} bröstbär
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} พุทราจีน (pú-traa jeen)

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Translations to be checked‌: "tree"

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} jujubiero (io)
• Pali: ^{(please verify)} badarī f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} jujubär (sv), ^{(please verify)} jujuber

See also

• jojoba

Further reading

• jujube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʒyb/

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• Rhymes: -yb

Noun

jujube m (plural jujubes)

1. jujube (fruit)

Further reading

• “jujube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Noun

jujube

1. plural of jujubă