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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pateca, from Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “melon, watermelon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pastèque f (plural pastèques)
- watermelon (plant)
- Synonym: melon d’eau
- watermelon (fruit)
- Synonym: melon d’eau
- (slang) boob (female breast)
- Synonyms: sein, lolo
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