melon

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See also melón, and mełon

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Etymology 1 [edit]

Old French melon, from Medieval Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (type of pumpkin), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopepōn), from μῆλον (mēlon, apple) + πέπων (pepōn, ripe).

Noun [edit]

melon (countable and uncountable; plural melons)

  1. Any of various fruits of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
  2. A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
    melon colour:    
  3. (in the plural, slang) Breasts.
  4. (slang) The head.
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Adjective [edit]

melon

  1. Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

melon (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.

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Esperanto [edit]

Noun [edit]

melon

  1. accusative singular of melo

Finnish [edit]

Verb [edit]

melon

  1. First-person singular indicative present form of meloa.

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old French melon, from Medieval Latin. More at English melon.

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Noun [edit]

melon m (plural melons)

  1. melon (fruit)

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Indonesian [edit]

Noun [edit]

melon

  1. melon

Polish [edit]

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melon m

  1. melon (fruit)

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