loofah

English

Alternative forms

loofa, luffa

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic لُوفَة‎ lūfa.

Noun

loofah (plural loofahs)

A tropical vine, of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd
The dried fibrous interior used as a sponge for bathing

Translations

tropical vine

Arabic: لِيف‎‎ (līf), لُوف‎‎ (lūf)
Azerbaijani: luffa
Catalan: luffa f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 勝瓜, 胜瓜 (sing³ gwaa¹)

Mandarin: 絲瓜 (zh), 丝瓜 (zh) (sīguā)

Min Nan: 竹篙瓜 (tek-ko-koe), 米管瓜 (bí-kńg-koe), 鼠瓜 (chhí-koe, chhú-koe), 水瓜 (chúi-koe), 布瓜 (pò͘-koe)
Czech: lufa f
Dutch: luffa
Estonian: käsnkõrvits
Finnish: pesusienikurkku
French: loofa (fr) m, luffa (fr) m
Galician: luffa, estropallos
Hausa: soso
Indonesian: luffa

Irish: lúfach
Italian: luffa (it) f
Kongo: nsana
Kurdish:
Sorani: لفکه‌‎‎
Malay: petola
Persian: پیلگوش‎‎ (pilguš)
Polish: trukwa f
Romanian: lufa f
Russian: лю́фа́ (ru) f (ljúfá), лю́ффа (ru) f (ljúffa), лу́ффа f (lúffa)
Spanish: estropajo (es) m, lufa (es) f,
Swahili: mdodoki
Swedish: luffasläktet
Vietnamese: chi mướp

dried fibrous interior used as a sponge

Chinese:
Mandarin: 絲瓜絡 (zh), 丝瓜络 (zh) (sīguāluò)
Finnish: pesusieni (fi)

Kurdish:
Sorani: لفکه‌‎‎
Russian: моча́лка (ru) f (močálka)

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