Pronunciation

Alternative forms

1. Punkin (pronounced as it is spelled). An alternative American form. James Whitcomb Riley, poem "When the Frost is on the Punkin" [1]

Meanings

noun

1. A domesticated plant, Cucurbita pepo similar in growth pattern, foliage , flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
2. The round yellow or orange fruit of the pumpkin plant. L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz "There were pumpkins in Mombi's corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time ." [2]
3. The color pumpkin, more or less the same as the color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant, for purposes of browser display: #FF8127.
4. A term of endearment for the small and cute, often expressed in the alternate U.S. form and pronunciation, punkin. "You must be daddy's little pumpkin," song by John Prine.

Translations

• Albanian: Kungull
• Bulgarian: тиква (tikva) f (1,2)
• Dutch: pompoen f
• French: citrouille f (1) (2), potiron m (1) (2), courge f
• Frisian: klabats , pompoen
• German: Kürbis m (1) (2)
• Guarani: andai (1)
• Hebrew: דלעת
• Hungary: sütőtök
• Interlingua: cucurbita (1,2,3)
• Japanese: カボチャ (kabocha)
• Lojban: brazme , kurbita
• Maricopa: xmat
• O'odham: ha:l
• Portuguese: abóbora f, Bras. jerimum m, Science cucúrbita f (1,2); aboboreira f, jerimunzeiro m (2); abóbora m (3)
• Romanian: dovleac m, bostan m
• Russian: тыква f (1,2)
• Spanish: calabaza f