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pamplemousse

grapefruit

noun pahm-pluh-MOOS Rare
Food & Drink Fruits

Usage Note

pamplemousse is grammatically masculine: un pamplemousse. Learners sometimes guess feminine because of the -e ending. In France it almost always refers to the yellow grapefruit (Citrus paradisi); the pomelo is sometimes distinguished as pomélo in careful usage but the two terms are often used interchangeably.

Examples

"Je bois un jus de pamplemousse chaque matin."

Natural Translation

I drink a glass of grapefruit juice every morning.

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