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Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”), Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan derived from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”) (see there for further etymology).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtɹən/

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• IPA^(key): (obsolete) /ˈsɪtəɹn/^[2]
• Homophones: citrine (General American), Citroën (UK)

citron (countable and uncountable, plural citrons)

1. A greenish yellow colour.

   citron:  

2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
4. The fruit of a citron tree.
5. The candied rind of the citron fruit.

citron (comparative more citron, superlative most citron)

1. Of a greenish yellow colour.

• Appendix:Colors

• cortin

• citrón

Borrowed from German Zitrone (“lemon, lemonade”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪtron]
• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪtroːn]

citron m inan

1. lemon

• “citron”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “citron”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

• IPA^(key): /siˈtroːˀn/, [siˈtˢʁ̥oˀn], [siˈtsʰχoˀn]
• Rhymes: -oːˀn

citron c (singular definite citronen, plural indefinite citroner)

1. lemon (yellowish citrus fruit; taste or flavor of lemons)

• citron on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sitron/

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• Rhymes: -itron
• Syllabification: ci‧tron

citron

1. accusative singular of citro

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar, juniper”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /si.tʁɔ̃/

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citron m (plural citrons)

1. lemon
2. lime (citrus)
3. brimstone (butterfly)
4. (colloquial) noggin (head)
5. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)
6. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) East Asian

   Synonym: see Est-Asiatique

   Hyponym: chinetoque

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

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

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• IPA^(key): /sɪˈtruːn/

citron c

1. lemon

   Citroner är sura / smakar surt

   Lemons are sour / taste sour

   citronsaft

   lemon juice

   Pressa i saften från citronen

   Squeeze in the juice from the lemon

   glass med citronsmak

   lemon-flavored ice cream [ice cream with lemon taste]

• citronpeppar

• citronträd
• citronlemonad
• citronsyra

• citrus
• sur
• syrlig

• lime (“lime”)

• “citron”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “citron”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “citron”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)