different between cantaloupe vs papaya

English

Alternative forms

• cantaloup, cantalope

Etymology

From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæn.t?.lu?p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæn.t?.lo?p/

Noun

cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)

1. A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several cultivar groups.
   1. (Britain, Ireland) Smooth-skinned, also known as true cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and also grown in Europe. [From 1739.]
   2. (Australia, US) Having a rough skin resembling netting; also known as muskmelon or rockmelon.
2. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.

Translations

Further reading

• cantaloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Finnish

Noun

cantaloupe

1. Synonym of verkkomeloni (“cantaloupe”).

Declension

English

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??pa??/, /p??p??j?/
• Rhymes: -a??, -??j?

Noun

papaya (plural papayas)

1. A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
2. The fruit of this tree.
3. An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.

Synonyms

• pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree / fruit

Translations

See also

• papain

Further reading

• papaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Spanish

Alternative forms

• papayón, papayo

Etymology

From Cariban/Arawak papáia.

Pronunciation

Noun

papaya f (plural papayas)

1. papaya (fruit)

   Synonyms: lechoza, (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Paraguay) lechosa, mamón

2. (Cuba, slang, euphemistic) vagina

   Cubans typically call actual papaya fruta bomba, and "papaya" is usually used only in its slang sense.

3. (slang) easy

Descendants

Further reading

• “papaya” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Arawak papáia

Noun

papaya

1. papaya

Turkish

Noun

papaya

1. accusative singular of papa