also: パパイア · パパヤ
noun
papaya; pawpaw
Refers to the tropical fruit Carica papaya. Both パパイヤ and パパイア are used, with パパイヤ being more common.
朝食にパパイヤを食べました。
I ate papaya for breakfast.
このパパイヤはとても甘い。
This papaya is very sweet.
Most common katakana spelling for the fruit.
Alternate katakana spelling, also encountered.
Borrowed from English 'papaya', ultimately from Spanish, derived from a Cariban language.