cantaloupe

Signification (Anglais)

1. (Ireland, UK) Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
2. (Australia, Canada, US) Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
3. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
4. (plural-normally, slang) A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.

Concepts

cantaloup

melon

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Synonymes

cantaloup

melon

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muskmelon

cantaloupe vine

cantaloup vine

Persian melon

Cucumis melo cantalupensis

nutmeg melon

honeydew

musk melon

netted melon

Traductions

cantaloupe

cantalupo

melón

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cantalupo

Kantalupe

cantalupo

πεπόνι

popone

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melone

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zatta

شمام

Melone

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meloa

kantaloep

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkæn.tə.luːp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf".
Named after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.