rambutan
/ɹæmˈbutən/noun
rambutan is a noun meaning “A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-M-B-U-T-A-N, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rambutan is rambutans.
What does rambutan mean?
noun
- 1
A tree of species Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
- 2
The edible fruit of this tree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rambutan?
- UK [ɹamˈbjʉːtən]
- US /ɹæmˈbutən/
- US /ɹæmˈb(j)utæn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Neøn-rambutan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rambutan
- rambutans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rambutan?
Rambutan appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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).
Rambutan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fruit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ramboutan, litchi chevelu |
| German | Rambutan |
| Portuguese | rambutã |
| Spanish | rambután, mamón chino |
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 rambutan come from?
From Malay rambutan, from rambut (“hair”) + -an (“forming nouns”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).