Talk:citrus

RFV discussion: December 2020
Is this a true adjective?

See also WT:Tea Room. Citrous, if attestable, should be a true adjective. DCDuring (talk) 14:46, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I think I've cited it. DCDuring (talk) 15:26, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. Kiwima (talk) 07:18, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 * My hunch is that "citrus" was probably originally only a noun, and that it has probably (largely) displaced the "true" adjective "citrous" in adjectival or attributive contexts due to its being pronounced the same and "sounding like an adjective". However, I don't know what more we could ask for to demonstrate adjectival use of "citrus" than what DCD has now cited. Mihia (talk) 22:30, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:19, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

English pronunciation
I'm skeptical of the English pronunciation. I'm a native Canadian English speaker and I say. I have sometimes found that I say in a final, unstressed syllable when Wiktionary only has, so I would not be surprised if  is more common, but  sounds completely foreign to me. - excarnateSojourner (talk | contrib) 20:34, 22 April 2022 (UTC)