ugli

English

Etymology

A proprietary name, as an alteration of ugly, from the fruit's often lumpy and discolored appearance.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɡli/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌɡli
• Homophone: ugly

Noun

ugli (plural uglis)

1. Citrus × paradisi, a cross between a tangerine, Citrus reticulata, and a grapefruit Citrus paradisi, grown in the West Indies.

   Synonyms: ugli fruit, uniq fruit

   • 2009, Wine Enthusiast, volume 22, numbers 8-13, page 36:

     In a world of fruit — from apples to uglis — why is wine made from grapes?

Translations

cross between a tangerine and grapefruit

• Arabic: نَرَنْج m (naranj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牙買加醜橘 / 牙买加丑橘 (yámǎijiā chǒujú)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: ugli c
• Dutch: ugli (nl) m
• Finnish: ugli, rumeliini (fi)
• French: ugli (fr)
• Galician: ghugli
• German: Ugli
• Hungarian: ugli, ugligyümölcs
• Italian: mapo (it) m
• Japanese: アグリフルーツ (agurifurūtsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: ugli
• Polish: ugli (pl) n
• Portuguese: ugli-fruit f
• Russian: угли (ugli)
• Spanish: ugli
• Swedish: ugli
• Turkish: ugli meyvesi
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: oren garw m, oren arw f

Further reading

• ugli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• iglu

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ugli, from ugly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈy.ɣli/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ugli

Noun

ugli m (plural ugli's, no diminutive)

1. ugli