different between noodle vs melon

English

Etymology

Its early plural form noodlejees suggests a Dutch origin; from Dutch noedel (“noodle”), from German Nudel (“piece of pasta, noodle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an alteration of German Knödel (“dumpling”), from German Knoten (“knot”) or from Latin minutulus (“very small, tiny”) in the sense of "to chop (food) into small pieces" or Latin nodulus (“little knot”). The senses "fool" and "brain, head" are probably unrelated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu?dl?/
• Rhymes: -u?d?l

Noun

noodle (plural noodles)

1. (usually in the plural) a string or strip of pasta

2. (colloquial, dated) a person with poor judgement; a fool
   • 1839, Sydney Smith, The Works of Sydney Smith : Preface

     the chuckling grin of noodles

   • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times

     If that portrait could speak, sir — but it has the advantage over the original of not possessing the power of committing itself and disgusting others, — it would testify, that a long period has elapsed since I first habitually addressed it as the picture of a noodle.

3. (colloquial) the brain, the head
4. (colloquial) a pool noodle

Usage notes

In British English, noodle is chiefly used to describe Asian-style products comprising long, thin strands of dough. In American English, noodle can also refer to a range of European-style products which in British English would only be referred to as pasta.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:noodle.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• pasta
• noddle
• Thesaurus:noodle

Verb

noodle (third-person singular simple present noodles, present participle noodling, simple past and past participle noodled)

1. To think or ponder.

2. To fiddle, play with, or mess around.

3. To improvise music.
4. (fishing) To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body

6. (Australia) To fossick, especially for opals.
   • 1989, Association for Industrial Archaeology, Industrial archaeology review, Volume 12,

     On the Olympic Field the tour-group is permitted to ‘noodle’ (hunt for opals) on the waste or mullock heaps ...

   • 2006, Marele Day, Susan Bradley Smith, Fay Knight (editors), Making Waves: 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers Festival ,

     We learn how Lennon used to noodle (fossick) for opal as a kid, how camels were for a long time the only form of transportation, and where the name 'Coober Pedy' came from.

Synonyms

• (fishing): guddle

Derived terms

• noodler

References

Anagrams

• Old One

Spanish

Noun

noodle m (plural noodles)

1. noodle (food)

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)

1. (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
   1. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon.
   2. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others
   3. Genus Benincasa, a winter melon
   4. Genus Momordica, the bitter melon
2. (uncountable) The fruit of such plants.
3. (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.

4. (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.”
5. (countable, slang) The head.
6. (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
7. (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

1. 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)

1. (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

1. melon

Danish

Noun

melon c (singular definite melonen, plural indefinite meloner)

1. melon

Declension

Derived terms

• honningmelon
• vandmelon

References

• “melon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Noun

melon

1. accusative singular of melo

Finnish

Verb

melon

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. melon

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

melon m (definite singular melonen, indefinite plural meloner, definite plural melonene)

1. melon

Derived terms

• vannmelon

References

• “melon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

melon m (definite singular melonen, indefinite plural melonar, definite plural melonane)

1. 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)

1. 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

Descendants

• ? Middle Dutch: melone
  • Afrikaans: meloen
  • Dutch: meloen
• ? Middle English: m??loun, melon, milon
  • ? English: melon
    • ? Japanese: ???
    • ? Korean: ?? (mellon)
    • ? Welsh: melon
• French: melon

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.l?n/

Noun

melon m inan

1. melon (fruit)
2. (colloquial) female breast
3. (colloquial) one million z?otych
4. (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)

1. bowler hat

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian melone, from Late Latin m?l?, m?l?nem.

Noun

melon c

1. melon

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

From English melon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?n/

Noun

melon m (plural melonau)

1. melon

Mutation