melon

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
2. (countable, uncountable) Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
3. (countable, uncountable) Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
4. (countable, uncountable) Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
5. (countable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants
6. (uncountable) A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.
7. (countable, plural-normally, slang, uncountable) The breasts.
8. (countable, slang) The head.
9. (Australia, New-Zealand, countable, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
10. (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
11. (colloquial, countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

Adj

Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.

Conceptos

melón

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melon

sandía

🍉

melón

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cucumis metuliferus

Sinónimos

muskmelon

cantaloupe

watermelon

🍉

gourd

melon vine

squash

sapodilla

sweet melon

Cucumis melo var Makuwa

melano

sweet melon vine

jelly melon

horned melon

English tomato

cherie

hedged gourd

cucumber

🥒

honeydew

juicy

musk melon

Traducciones

melon

🍈

meloen

🍈

Melone

🍈

melão

🍈

melone

🍈

meló

🍈

πεπόνι

petêx

🍈

qawin

🍈

qomî

🍈

qire

🍈

xerûze

kavun

🍈

gundor

meloeiro

🍈

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɛlən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: meloun

In summary

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