pomelo
French, noun
pomelo is spelled P-O-M-E-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pomelo is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of pomélo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pomélo is a different word: “grapefruit”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agrume plus ou moins sphérique, à peau fine et contenant peu de pépins, de nom scientifique Citrus paradisi…”.
What does pomelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of pomélo
noun
- 1
masculinegrapefruit
- 2
masculinepomelo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Agrume plus ou moins sphérique, à peau fine et contenant peu de pépins, de nom scientifique Citrus paradisi (ou Citrus x paradisi), c'est un hybride naturel entre l'oranger (Citrus sinensis) et le pamplemoussier (Citrus maxima) découvert à la fin du XIX^(ème) siècle dans les Caraïbes. 2. Très gros agrume plus ou moins en forme de poire, à nombreux pépins, fruit du pamplemoussier, de nom scientifique Citrus maxima. 3. Arbre hybride Citrus paradisi qui produit le fruit sphérique.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de pomelo.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pomelo
- pomelos plural
- pomélos plural
- pomelo alternative
- pomélo
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pomelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pomelo in French?
pomelo appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).