melón
Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).
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/
Declension
Declension of melón | ||||
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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 |
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/
Derived terms
- meloeiro
- melón de auga
References
- “melon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “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.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈlon/ [meˈlõn]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: me‧lón
Noun
melón m (plural melones)
- melon
- (colloquial, figurative) can of worms
- abrir el melón; decentar el melón ― open a can of worms
- (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) breasts
Hyponyms
- sandía f
- carela f, melón amargo, cundeamor chino
- melón verde m
- casaba f
Derived terms
Further reading
- “melón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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