cantaloupe
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf".
Named after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.tə.luːp/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/
Audio (General Australian): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)
- Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
- (UK, Ireland) Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe. [From 1739.]
- (Australia, Canada, US) Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
- An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
- cantaloupe:
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]melon
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References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cantaloupe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
[edit]- cantaloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English cantaloupe, from French cantaloup.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cantaloupe
- Synonym of verkkomeloni (“cantaloupe”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of cantaloupe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | cantaloupe | cantaloupet | |
genitive | cantaloupen | cantaloupejen | |
partitive | cantaloupea | cantaloupeja | |
illative | cantaloupeen | cantaloupeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | cantaloupe | cantaloupet | |
accusative | nom. | cantaloupe | cantaloupet |
gen. | cantaloupen | ||
genitive | cantaloupen | cantaloupejen cantaloupein rare | |
partitive | cantaloupea | cantaloupeja | |
inessive | cantaloupessa | cantaloupeissa | |
elative | cantaloupesta | cantaloupeista | |
illative | cantaloupeen | cantaloupeihin | |
adessive | cantaloupella | cantaloupeilla | |
ablative | cantaloupelta | cantaloupeilta | |
allative | cantaloupelle | cantaloupeille | |
essive | cantaloupena | cantaloupeina | |
translative | cantaloupeksi | cantaloupeiksi | |
abessive | cantaloupetta | cantaloupeitta | |
instructive | — | cantaloupein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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