melon

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See also: Melon, melón, Melón, mełon, melɔn, and meˑlon

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛlən/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

Noun[edit]

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 honeydew, cantaloupes, and horned melon.
    2. Genus Citrullus, watermelons and others
    3. Genus Benincasa, a winter melon
    4. Genus Momordica, a bitter melon
  2. (uncountable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants
  3. (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
    melon:  
  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.”
    • 1958, Thomas Berger, Crazy in Berlin:
      She indicated her left melon, underneath which lay the heart. “Because you stuck with me, and whether you ever said it or not, that is love.”
  5. (countable, slang) The head.
    Think! Use your melon!
  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.
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Descendants[edit]
  • → Japanese: メロン
  • → Korean: 멜론 (mellon)
  • → Welsh: melon
Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

melon

  1. Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
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Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

melon (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.

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Chavacano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish melón (“melon”).

Noun[edit]

melon

  1. melon

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

melon c (singular definite melonen, plural indefinite meloner)

  1. melon

Declension[edit]

Declension of melon
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative melon melonen meloner melonerne
genitive melons melonens meloners melonernes

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Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

melon

  1. accusative singular of melo

Finnish[edit]

Verb[edit]

melon

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meloa

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”). More at English melon.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

melon m (plural melons)

  1. melon (fruit)

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Indonesian[edit]

Noun[edit]

melon (first-person possessive melonku, second-person possessive melonmu, third-person possessive melonnya)

  1. melon

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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

  1. melon

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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

  1. melon

References[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).

Noun[edit]

melon oblique singular, 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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

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melony

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mēlōnis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

melon m inan (diminutive melonik, related adjective melonowy)

  1. melon (any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae)
  2. melon (Cucumis melo)
    Synonym: ogórek melon
  3. melon (large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants)
  4. (colloquial, humorous, chiefly in the plural) huge female breast
    Synonym: balon
  5. (colloquial) one million big ones (one million of any currency, especially PLN)
    Synonyms: bańka, duża bańka
  6. (cetology) melon (mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations)

Declension[edit]

Declension of melon
singular plural
nominative melon melony
genitive melona melonów
dative melonowi melonom
accusative melon melony
instrumental melonem melonami
locative melonie melonach
vocative melonie melony

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

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adjectives

Further reading[edit]

  • melon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • melony in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • melon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • melon in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French melon.

Noun[edit]

melon n (plural meloane)

  1. bowler hat

Declension[edit]

Declension of melon
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) melon melonul (niște) meloane meloanele
genitive/dative (unui) melon melonului (unor) meloane meloanelor
vocative melonule meloanelor

Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian melone, from Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem.

Noun[edit]

melon c

  1. melon
  2. (slang) melon (breast)
    Schyssta meloner! ― Nice melons!

Declension[edit]

Declension of melon 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative melon melonen meloner melonerna
Genitive melons melonens meloners melonernas

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Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /meˈlon/, [mɛˈlon]
  • Hyphenation: me‧lon

Noun[edit]

melón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of milon

Welsh[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English melon.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

melon m (plural melonau or melons)

  1. melon

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
melon felon unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “melon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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