carob

English

carob tree (1)

carob fruits (2) with locust beans

carob confection (3)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹəb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

carob (countable and uncountable, plural carobs)

1. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

   Synonym: St. John's bread

2. The fruit of that tree.

   Meronym: locust bean

3. A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

Derived terms

• black carob
• carob gum

 

Translations

tree

• Arabic: خَرُّوب m (ḵarrūb)
• Bulgarian: рожков (bg) m (rožkov)
• Catalan: garrofer (ca) m
• Danish: johannesbrød n
• Dutch: johannesbroodboom (nl) m
• Esperanto: karobujo, ceratonio
• Finnish: johanneksenleipäpuu (fi)
• French: caroubier (fr) m
• Galician: alverxón m, alfarrobeira (gl) f
• German: Johannisbrotbaum (de)
• Greek: χαρουπιά (el) f (charoupiá), κερατονία η έλλοβος f (keratonía i éllovos) (botany)

  Ancient: κερατωνία f (keratōnía)

• Hebrew: חָרוּב (he) m (ḥaruv)
• Hungarian: szentjánoskenyérfa (hu)
• Irish: carúb m
• Italian: carrubo m
• Japanese: 蝗豆 (inagomame)
• Macedonian: рогач m (rogač)
• Norwegian: johannesbrødtre n
• Persian: خرنوب (fa) (xarnub), کبر (fa) (kabar), خارسم (xârsam)
• Portuguese: alfarrobeira (pt) f
• Romanian: roșcov (ro) m
• Russian: рожко́вое де́рево n (rožkóvoje dérevo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ро̀га̄ч m

  Roman: rògāč (sh) m

• Sicilian: carruva f
• Spanish: algarrobo (es) m
• Swedish: johannesbröd (sv) c
• Turkish: keçiboynuzu (tr)
• Venetian: carober m

fruit

• Arabic: خَرُّوب m (ḵarrūb)
• Bulgarian: рожков (bg) m (rožkov)
• Catalan: garrofa (ca) f, garrova f
• Danish: johannesbrød n
• Dutch: johannesbrood (nl) n
• Esperanto: karobo
• Finnish: johanneksenleipä
• French: caroube (fr) f
• Galician: beza f, alfarroba (gl) f
• German: Johannisbrot
• Greek: χαρούπι (el) n (charoúpi), (colloquial) ξυλοκέρατο (el) n (xylokérato)

  Ancient: κεράτιον n (kerátion)

• Hebrew: חָרוּב (he) m (ḥaruv)
• Hungarian: szentjánoskenyér (hu)
• Irish: carúb m
• Italian: carruba f
• Japanese: 蝗豆 (inagomame)
• Ladino: harova f
• Latin: cerātium n
• Macedonian: рогач m (rogač)
• Persian: خرنوب (fa) (xarnub), کروزه (kavarze)
• Portuguese: alfarroba (pt) f
• Romanian: roșcovă (ro) f
• Russian: рожо́к (ru) m (rožók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ро̀га̄ч m

  Roman: rògāč (sh) m

• Sicilian: carruva f
• Spanish: algarroba (es) f
• Swedish: johannesbröd (sv) c
• Turkish: keçiboynuzu (tr)
• Venetian: caròba (vec) f
• Yiddish: באָקסער m (bokser)

chocolate-like confection

• Catalan: farina de garrofa f
• Irish: carúb m
• Spanish: harina de algarrobo

Further reading

• Ceratonia siliqua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Barco, COBRA, CORBA, Carbo, carbo, carbo-, coarb, cobra