cherimoya
/t͡ʃɛɹɪˈmɔɪ.ə/noun
cherimoya is a noun meaning “A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-E-R-I-M-O-Y-A, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cherimoya is cherimoyas.
What does cherimoya mean?
noun
- 1
A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
- 2
A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cherimoya?
- US /t͡ʃɛɹɪˈmɔɪ.ə/
- Australia /t͡ʃeɹɪˈmoɪ.ə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cherimoya.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cherimoya
- cherimoyas plural
- cherimoyer
- chirimoya
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cherimoya?
Cherimoya appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cherimoya in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chérimolier , chérimole |
| German | Cherimoya |
| Spanish | chirimoya |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cherimoya come from?
Borrowed from Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).