cantaloup
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]cantaloup (plural cantaloups)
- Alternative spelling of cantaloupe.
French
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ta.lu/
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Noun
[edit]cantaloup m (plural cantaloups)
- cantaloupe
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- […] la fontaine, au milieu, gargouillait, et, sous de larges parapluies, parmi des cantaloups s'étageant en pyramides, des marchandes, nu-tête, tournaient dans du papier des bouquets de violettes.
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Further reading
[edit]- “cantaloup”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012