melón

melón

See also: melon and mełon

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).

Noun

melón m (plural melones)

1. melon
2. badger

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Faroese

Etymology

From Danish melon, from Old French melon, from Medieval Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlɔoːn/

Noun

melón f (genitive singular melónar, plural melónir)

1. melon

Declension

Declension of melón
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	melón	melónin	melónir	melónirnar
accusative	melón	melónina	melónir	melónirnar
dative	melón	melónini	melónum	melónunum
genitive	melónar	melónarinnar	melóna	melónanna

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Galician

Etymology

15th century. Probably from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈloŋ/

Noun

melón m (plural melóns)

1. melon
2. pumpkin

Derived terms

• meloeiro
• melón de auga

References

• “melon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “melón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “melón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “melón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlon/ [meˈlõn]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧lón

Noun

melón m (plural melones)

1. melon
2. (colloquial, figurative) can of worms

   abrir el melón; decentar el melón ― open a can of worms

3. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) breasts

Hyponyms

• sandía f
• carela f, melón amargo, cundeamor chino
• melón verde m
• casaba f

Derived terms

• abrir el melón
• digamelón
• melón de agua
• melonero

Descendants

• → Western Apache: bilóń
• → Guaraní: merõ

Further reading

• “melón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014