pumpkin

Meaning

1. A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
2. The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
3. The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
4. Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
5. A term of endearment for someone small and cute.

Hyphenated as

pump‧kin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/

Etymology

From Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). Suffixed with the now obsolete diminutive -kin. Doublet of pepo.
The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false.