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persimmon

/pəɹˈsɪmən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables
per-sim-mon
IPA
/pəɹˈsɪmən/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.

noun

The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), for the first element, compare Proto-Algonquian *paᐧʔsamwa (“dry”). The second element is from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pichamins, *paᐧʔsamwa, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pəɹˈsɪmən/
  • British English: /pɜːˈsɪmən/

Inflected Forms

persimmons (plural) persimon (alternative, obsolete) putchamin (alternative, obsolete)

Phrases

black persimmon Caucasian persimmon Chinese persimmon huckleberry above a persimmon huckleberry above one's persimmon Indian persimmon Japanese persimmon kaki persimmon

Synonyms

date plum kaki Sharon fruit possum apple simmon persimmon tree

Questions

How do you pronounce persimmon?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəɹˈsɪmən/.
What does persimmon mean?
The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.
Where does persimmon come from?
From Powhatan pichamins, pushemins, pasimenan (“dried fruit”), for the first element, compare Proto-Algonquian *paᐧʔsamwa (“dry”). The second element is from the same Proto-Algonquian root *-imin (“fruit, berry”) as Unami ximin.

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