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melon
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?l?n/
- Rhymes: -?l?n
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (m?lopép?n), from ????? (mêlon, “apple”) + ????? (pép?n, “ripe”).
Noun
melon (countable and uncountable, plural melons)
- (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
- Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon.
- Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others
- Genus Benincasa, a winter melon
- Genus Momordica, the bitter melon
- (uncountable) The fruit of such plants.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
- (usually in the plural, slang) Breasts.
- 2013, K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong (page 107)
- “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons.”
- 2013, K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong (page 107)
- (countable, slang) The head.
- (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
- (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???
- ? Korean: ?? (mellon)
- ? Welsh: melon
Translations
Adjective
melon
- Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- mellon
Noun
melon (uncountable)
- (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
Anagrams
- Lemon, Menlo, Monel, lemon, nmole
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish melón (“melon”).
Noun
melon
- melon
Danish
Noun
melon c (singular definite melonen, plural indefinite meloner)
- melon
Declension
Derived terms
- honningmelon
- vandmelon
References
- “melon” in Den Danske Ordbog
Esperanto
Noun
melon
- accusative singular of melo
Finnish
Verb
melon
- First-person singular indicative present form of meloa.
French
Etymology
From Old French melon, from Late Latin m?l?, m?l?nem, shortening of Latin m?lopep?, from Ancient Greek ????????? (m?lopép?n, “melon”). More at English melon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.l??/
Noun
melon m (plural melons)
- melon (fruit)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “melon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Noun
melon (first-person possessive melonku, second-person possessive melonmu, third-person possessive melonnya)
- melon
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
melon m (definite singular melonen, indefinite plural meloner, definite plural melonene)
- melon
Derived terms
- vannmelon
References
- “melon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
melon m (definite singular melonen, indefinite plural melonar, definite plural melonane)
- melon
References
- “melon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin m?l?, m?l?nem, shortening of Latin m?lopep?, from Ancient Greek ????????? (m?lopép?n, “melon”).
Noun
melon m (oblique plural melons, nominative singular melons, nominative plural melon)
- melon (fruit)
- 1256, Aldebrandin de Sienne, Rég. du corps
- fera une decoction de violetes, de poumes de semence de cahoides, de melons, de citroles, d'ierbes froides
- 1256, Aldebrandin de Sienne, Rég. du corps
Descendants
- ? Middle Dutch: melone
- Afrikaans: meloen
- Dutch: meloen
- ? Middle English: m??loun, melon, milon
- ? English: melon
- ? Japanese: ???
- ? Korean: ?? (mellon)
- ? Welsh: melon
- ? English: melon
- French: melon
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.l?n/
Noun
melon m inan
- melon (fruit)
- (colloquial) female breast
- (colloquial) one million z?otych
- (cetology) melon
Declension
Further reading
- melon in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- melon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French melon
Noun
melon n (plural meloane)
- bowler hat
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Italian melone, from Late Latin m?l?, m?l?nem.
Noun
melon c
- melon
Declension
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
From English melon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?l?n/
Noun
melon m (plural melonau)
- melon
Mutation
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melton
English
Etymology
From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?lt(?)n/
Noun
melton (countable and uncountable, plural meltons)
- A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
- 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
- ‘Two of the boys are wearing your Melton overcoat; I hope you don't mind.’
- 2002, Skiing Heritage Journal (volume 14, number 4, page 31)
- Skiwear has moved swiftly away from wool — and cotton — into a brave new world of chemistry. […] Wool pants or knickers, usually of melton — a thick, tightly woven, smooth fabric — were good for shedding snow.
- 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
Anagrams
- loment, molten, tolmen
melton From the web:
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