Feminine
Melone
- (feminine) melon (plant, fruit)
- (feminine) bowler hat
- (feminine, in-plural, slang) melons: a woman’s breasts, especially when large
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
geggs
Basel-Landschaft
gogg
Basel-Landschaft
goggs
Basel-Landschaft
kuugelegiesser
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/meˈloːnə/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed roughly simultaneously (15th c.) in the south from Italian melone, in the north through Middle Low German melōne and Middle Dutch meloen from Middle French melon. Both from Late Latin mēlō, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, literally “ripe fruit”).
Zuckermelone
Bowler
Kantalupe
Wintermelone
Vorderkopf
Melonenhut
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