melón
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Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).
Noun
[edit]melón m (plural melones)
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]melón f (genitive singular melónar, plural melónir)
Declension
[edit]Declension of melón | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | melón | melónin | melónir | melónirnar |
accusative | melón | melónina | melónir | melónirnar |
dative | melón | melónini | melónum | melónunum |
genitive | melónar | melónarinnar | melóna | melónanna |
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]15th century. Probably from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]melón m (plural melóns)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
Hyponyms
[edit]- sandía f
- carela f, melón amargo, cundeamor chino
- melón verde m
- casaba f
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “melón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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