melon
English
/ˈmɛlən/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
- (uncountable) The fruit of such plants.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
- (usually) Breasts.
- (countable) The head.
- (countable) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
- (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French melon derived from Latin melonem, melopeponem (type of pumpkin) derived from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (melon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μηλοπέπων
Gloss
melon
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hami English
- bitter English
- bittermelon English
- head English
- horned English
- horned melon English
- melonade English
- melonal English
- melonette English
- melonhead English
- melonic English
- melonlike English
- melonworm English
- melony English
- musk English
- muskmelon English
- pineapple melon English
- rock English
- rockmelon English
- water English
- watermelon English
- worm English
- melo Latin
- melonem Latin
- melopeponem Latin
- mēlopepō Latin
- mēlō Latin
- mēlōnem, mēlō, melo Latin
- melon French
- μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek
- μῆλον Ancient Greek
- πέπων Ancient Greek
- メロン Japanese
- メロンパン Japanese
- melon Danish
- melon Old French
- melón Galician
- melon Welsh
- m'lon Norman
- melon Middle French
- מלפפון Hebrew (modern)
- Hami melon Chinese
- 멜론 Korean
- melen Tok Pisin
- מלפפון Aramaic