Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rambutan

/ɹæmˈbutən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: rambu-tan
IPA: /ɹæmˈbutən/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.

noun

The edible fruit of this tree.

Example Sentences

"The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others."
"Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians."

Etymology

From Malay rambutan, from rambut (“hair”) + -an (“forming nouns”).

Word Breakdown

Root: rambutan

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹæmˈbutən/
British English: [ɹamˈbjʉːtən]

Inflected Forms

rambutans (plural) ramboostan (alternative, obsolete) rambootan (alternative, obsolete) rambostan (alternative, obsolete) rambotan (alternative, obsolete) ramboteen (alternative, obsolete) ramboutan (alternative, obsolete) rambustan (alternative, obsolete) rambustine (alternative, obsolete) rampostan (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

rambotan rambutan tree nephelium lappaceum

Questions

How do you pronounce rambutan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹæmˈbutən/.
What does rambutan mean?: A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
Where does rambutan come from?: From Malay rambutan, from rambut (“hair”) + -an (“forming nouns”).

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