jujube

/ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuːb/noun

jujube is a noun meaning “The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-U-J-U-B-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of jujube is jujubes.

What does jujube mean?

noun

1
The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees.
2
A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus.
3
The fruit of this tree.
4
A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana.
5
The fruit of this tree.
6
CanadaUSA type of candy; specific type varies by country.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce jujube?

/ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuːb/
/ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuː.biː/

Jujube has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jujube.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jujube2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of jujube

jujubes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is jujube?

Jujube appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Jujube in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	jujubier (Ziziphus jujuba tree), jujube (Ziziphus jujuba fruit)
German	Jujube, chinesische Dattel (Ziziphus jujuba tree), Brustbeere (Ziziphus jujuba fruit), Indische Jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana tree)
Portuguese	jujuba, jujubeira (Ziziphus jujuba tree)
Spanish	azufaifo, jinjolero (Ziziphus jujuba tree), azufaifa, jínjol (Ziziphus jujuba fruit)

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 jujube come from?

From Middle English jujube, from Medieval Latin jujuba or Old French jujube, perhaps via Old Occitan from Classical Latin zīzyphum, zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon)․ First attested in the 14th century.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).