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Definition: Citron |
CitronNoun1. Large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved. 2. Thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "citron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | The large lemon-like fruit with thick fragrant peel, growing in a shrubby tree, Citrus medica,. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Citron."
Synonym: CitronSynonym: citron tree (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Citron |
| English words defined with "citron": Cedrat, Citric, citronwood, cross bun ♦ duff ♦ hot cross bun. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "citron": ring-biscuit. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "citron": Quercitron. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Citron" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (lemon), French (citron, lemon, lime), French Canadian (lemon), Provencal (lemon), Swedish (lemon). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Den Røde citron (2001) Ciné citron (1983) | |
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| "Citron" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.92% of the time. "Citron" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 76.92% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.08% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "citron" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Citron | Last name | 300 | 29,185 |
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Expressions using "citron": Citron melon ♦ Citron tree. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "citron": flower-and-citron. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "citron"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qitro, ngjyrë limoni (citrine). (various references) | |
Arabic | الكباد نبات, الأترج. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лимоненожълт цвят (lemon). (various references) | |
Chinese | 香橼. (various references) | |
Czech | citrón (lemon, lime). (various references) | |
Danish | cedrat, sukat. (various references) | |
Dutch | ceders, cederappel. (various references) | |
Finnish | sukaattisitruuna. (various references) | |
French | citron, cédrat. (various references) | |
German | Zitrone (lemon). (various references) | |
Greek | κίτρο (grapefruit). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אתרו' (ethrog). (various references) | |
Hungarian | citromfa, citrom (lemon). (various references) | |
Italian | cedro (cedar). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 柚子 , 柚 (holly, ponyfish, slipmouth), シップエア方式 (chiffon, chignon style, cine mode, cine sign, cinefilm, cinema, cinema complex, CinemaScope, Cinerama, cineraria, cinnamon, city, city air terminal, city boy, city gal, city guide, city hall, city pops, civic, civic center, civic trust, civil minimum, civilian control, civilization, cynic, cynical, cynicism, move into low gear, scenario, scenario writer, senior, severe, shift, shift dress, shift in, shift key, shift out, shift-JIS, ship air system, Sinanthropus pekinensis, sine curve, sinusoide, Sydney, synagogue, synapse, synergy, synonym, synopsis). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ゆず, シトロン . (various references) | |
Korean | 자. (various references) | |
Manx | kidrane, billey kidrane. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itroncay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cidra (applejack, cider). (various references) | |
Romanian | chitrã, lãmâie (lemon). (various references) | |
Russian | цукат, цедра, цитрон. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | limun (lemon), boja limuna. (various references) | |
Spanish | cidra. (various references) | |
Swedish | liten vattenmelon. (various references) | |
Turkish | ağaç kavunu yemişi, ağaç kavunu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | солодкий лимон, цукат, цедра, цитрон, кавун кормовий, лимонна настойка, лимонний колір (citrine). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Citrus medica. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "citron": citronella, citronellal, citronellals, citronellas, citronellol, citronellols, citrons. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "citron": quercitron. (additional references) | |
Words containing "citron": quercitrons. (additional references) | |
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"Citron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: biotron, Caitrin, Cartron, Cathro, ceron, cetrin, chitarone, chitarroni, chitron, ciaron, cieron, cipro, ciran, ciron, cistron, cito, citor, Citreon, Citro, citroen, citrone, citros, Cointrin, criton, ction, Curton, cuton, Eciron, Eciton, Filtrona, Itron, Itroun, katergon, Khitran, Kidron, nitron, schiltron, Sitbon, titron. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "citron" (pronounced si"trun or si"trÄnz) |
| 4 | -t r u n | doctrine, intron, matron, patron. |
| 3 | -r u n | fibrin, apron, aspirin, Baron, barren, brethren, Buran, cauldron, Chevron, children, foreign, garron, giron, grandchildren, heron, Marron, octahedron, perron, Philodendron, polyhedron, rhododendron, saffron, schoolchildren, siren, sovereign, sovran, squadron, stepchildren, tetrahedron, Warren. |
| 5 | -t r Ä n z | electrons, negatrons. |
| 4 | -r Ä n z | interferons, neurons. |
| 3 | -Ä n z | chlorofluorocarbons, tampons, zircons. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cortin. | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: intro, nitro, ontic, orcin, tonic, toric. | |
-2 letters: cion, coin, coir, coni, corn, icon, inro, into, iron, noir, nori, otic, riot, roti, tiro, torc, tori, torn, trio. | |
-3 letters: con, cor, cot, ion, nit, nor, not, orc, ort, rin, roc, rot, tic, tin, ton, tor. | |
-4 letters: in, it, no, on, or, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: carotin, cistron, citrons, cointer, cortins, noritic, noticer, ruction, tricorn, tyronic. | |
+2 letters: anoretic, anorthic, antirock, carotins, carrotin, caryotin, centroid, cilantro, cistrons, cointers, concerti, contrail, contrite, contrive, corniest, cothurni, courting, cratonic, creation, doctrine, entropic, erection, fraction, friction, gerontic, inceptor, indictor, inductor, infector, injector, intercom, narcotic, necrotic, neoteric, neurotic, nitrolic, noticers, ornithic, orthicon, protonic, raincoat, reaction, romantic, ructions, strontic, torching, tornadic, traction, tricorne, tricorns, trocking, unerotic. | |
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