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Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).
Noun
melón m (plural melones)
- melon
- badger
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
Noun
melón f (genitive singular melónar, plural melónir)
- melon
Declension
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
Noun
melón m (plural melóns)
- melon
- pumpkin
- stubble
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “melon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “melon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “melón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “melón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “melón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈlon/
- 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, lunfardism, Rioplatense, chiefly in the plural) breasts
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