"longan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɒŋɡən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɔŋɡən/ [General-American], /ˈlɑŋɡən/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-longan.wav Forms: longans [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 /龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”). Doublet of Longyan (“grape”). Etymology templates: {{sup|4}} ⁴, {{sup|5}} ⁵, {{bor+|en|yue|龍眼|lit=dragon’s eye|tr=lung⁴ ngaan⁵}} Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 /龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”), {{doublet|en|Longyan|t1=grape}} Doublet of Longyan (“grape”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} longan (plural longans)
  1. An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China. Categories (lifeform): Soapberry family plants, Trees
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  2. The fruit from the longan tree. Translations (fruit): ကြက်မောက်သီး (krakmauksi:) (Burmese), 龍眼 /龙眼 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 龍眼 /龙眼 (english: lung⁴ ngaan⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 龍眼 /龙眼 (lóngyǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 桂圓 /桂圆 (guìyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), longano (Esperanto), longaani (Finnish), longane [masculine] (French), 牛眼 (ngiù-ngién) (Hakka Chinese), lengkeng (Indonesian), kelengkeng (Indonesian), 竜眼 (ryūgan) (alt: リュウガン) (Japanese), klèngkèng (Javanese), ұлукөз (ūluköz) (Kazakh), лонган (loñan) (Kazakh), មៀន (miən) (Khmer), 롱간 (ronggan) (Korean), ໝາກລຳໄຍ (māk lam nyai) (Lao), 龍目 (lóngmù) (Literary Chinese), ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ (muyari) (Manchu), лууны нүд (luuny nüd) (Mongolian), longana [feminine] (Portuguese), longan [masculine] (Portuguese), лонга́н (longán) [masculine] (Russian), longuián (Spanish), ojo de dragón (Spanish), longan [masculine] (Spanish), ลำไย (lam-yai) (Thai), لۇڭيەن (lungyen) (Uyghur), nhãn (Vietnamese), maknganx (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-longan-en-noun-1fbaRUab Disambiguation of 'fruit': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dragon's eye, lungan Translations (tree): တောကြက်မောက် (tau:krakmauk) (Burmese), 龍眼樹 /龙眼树 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵ syu⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 龍眼樹 /龙眼树 (lóngyǎnshù) (Chinese Mandarin), longano (Esperanto), longaani (Finnish), longanier [masculine] (French), 牛眼樹 /牛眼树 (ngiù-ngién-su) (Hakka Chinese), リュウガン (ryūgan) (Japanese), មៀន (miən) (Khmer), лууны нүд (luuny nüd) (Mongolian), longana [feminine] (Portuguese), лонга́н (longán) [masculine] (Russian), longuián [masculine] (Spanish), longan [masculine] (Spanish), ลำไย (lam-yai) (Thai), mác cại lái (Tày), nhãn (Vietnamese), faexnganx (Zhuang)
Disambiguation of 'tree': 51 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "tau:krakmauk",
      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "တောကြက်မောက်"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lung⁴ ngaan⁵ syu⁶",
      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "龍眼樹 /龙眼树"
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      "roman": "ngiù-ngién-su",
      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "牛眼樹 /牛眼树"
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      "roman": "lóngyǎnshù",
      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "龍眼樹 /龙眼树"
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      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "longano"
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      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "longaani"
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      "sense": "tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "longanier"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "ryūgan",
      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "リュウガン"
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      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "miən",
      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "មៀន"
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      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "luuny nüd",
      "sense": "tree",
      "word": "лууны нүд"
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      "sense": "tree",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ကြက်မောက်သီး"
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      "sense": "fruit",
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      "word": "牛眼"
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      "word": "龍目"
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      "roman": "lóngyǎn",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "龍眼 /龙眼"
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      "roman": "guìyuán",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "桂圓 /桂圆"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "longano"
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      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "longaani"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "longane"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "lengkeng"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "kelengkeng"
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      "alt": "リュウガン",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryūgan",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "竜眼"
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      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "klèngkèng"
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūluköz",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ұлукөз"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "loñan",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "лонган"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "miən",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "មៀន"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ronggan",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "롱간"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "māk lam nyai",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ໝາກລຳໄຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "muyari",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ"
    },
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "luuny nüd",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "лууны нүд"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "longana"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "longan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "longán",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лонга́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "longuián"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ojo de dragón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "longan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lam-yai",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "ลำไย"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "lungyen",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "لۇڭيەن"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "nhãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "fruit",
      "word": "maknganx"
    }
  ],
  "word": "longan"
}

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