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Meaning of papaya | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pəˈpaɪ.ə

Definitions

  1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
  2. The fruit of this tree.
  3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

Equivalents

العربية بَابَايَا
Bosanski mama put put put
Català papaia
Čeština papája
Cymraeg papaia
Dansk papaja
Deutsch Papaya
Ελληνικά παπάγια
Esperanto papajo
Español lechosa mamón papaya papaya) put
Euskara papaia
Suomi papaija
Vosa Vakaviti maoli weleti
Français papaye
Galego mama
ગુજરાતી પપૈયું
Hausa gwanda
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi hēʻī mīkana
हिन्दी पपीता
Hrvatski mama put put put
Հայերեն պապայա
Bahasa Indonesia betik pepaya
Italiano papaia
ქართული ნესვის ხე
한국어 파파야
Kurdî pût
Latviešu papaija
Te Reo Māori pōpō
Македонски папаја
Bahasa Melayu betik
မြန်မာဘာသာ သင်္ဘောသီး
Nederlands papaja
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅମୃତଭଣ୍ଡା
Português mamão papaia
Română papaia
Русский папайя
Shqip papaja
Српски mama put put put
Svenska papaya
Kiswahili papai
தமிழ் பப்பாளி
ไทย มะละกอ
ትግርኛ ፓፓያ
Tagalog papaya
Türkçe papaya
Tiếng Việt đu đủ thù đủ
Wolof pàppaaya

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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