cocomero

Italian

Wikispecies it

CocomeriWatermelons

Etymology

With ending changed to -o due to analogy, from Latin cucumerem (cucumber).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈko.me.ro/
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  • Rhymes: -omero
  • Hyphenation: co‧có‧me‧ro

Noun

cocomero m (plural cocomeri, diminutive cocomerìno or cocomerétto or cocomerèllo, augmentative cocomeróne, pejorative cocomeràccio)

  1. watermelon, specifically:
    1. the plant Citrullus lanatus
      Synonym: (regional) anguria
    2. (by extension) the fruit of the plant
      Synonym: (regional) anguria
  2. (figurative) a foolish or unreliable man
    Synonym: balordo
  3. (regional, northern Italian) cucumber
    • 1495, Pietro de' Crescenzi, “VIII. Delle dilettazioni degli orti, e dell'erbe [8. Of the delights of vegetable gardens and herbs]”, in Trattato di agricoltura - Volume due [Treatise about agriculture - Volume two], Naples: Printed by Felice Mosca, published 1724, Libro ottavo, page 104:
      E ancora creſceranno i cocomeri, o vero cedriuoli, maraviglioſamente, ſe porrai ſotto 'l cocomero, o sotto il cedriuolo, o ſotto la zucca un vaſello d'acqua ſcoperto, due palmi più baſſo.
      Cucumbers will also grow marvelously if you put, two palms below the cucumber, an open jar of water.
    Synonym: cetriolo

Further reading

  • cocomero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • cocomero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • cocomero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • cocomero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • cocómero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • cocómero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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