melão

Meaning

1. (masculine) melon (fruit)
2. (colloquial, masculine) breast

Concepts

melon

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melons

melon

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cantaloupe

muskmelons

winter melons

melon vine

cantaloupes

muskmelon

musk melon

Synonyms

meloeiro

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melão cantalupo

melão de inverno

Translations

melon

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melón

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meloen

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Melone

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meló

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melone

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kavun

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qire

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gundor

petêx

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xerûze

qomî

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qawin

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πεπόνι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meˈlɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: mēlopepō

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese melon, from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).