melón

See also: melon, Melon, Melón, mełon, melɔn, and meˑlon

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).

Noun

melón m (plural melones)

1. melon
2. 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

• IPA^(key): /meˈlɔoːn/

Noun

melón f (genitive singular melónar, plural melónir)

1. melon

Declension

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

Etymology

15th century. Probably from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈloŋ/

Noun

melón m (plural melóns)

1. melon
2. pumpkin
3. stubble

Derived terms

• meloeiro
• melón de auga

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/ [meˈlõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧lón

Noun

melón m (plural melones)

1. melon
2. (colloquial, figurative) can of worms

   abrir el melón; decentar el melón ― open a can of worms

3. (colloquial, lunfardism, Rioplatense, chiefly in the plural) breasts

Hyponyms

• sandía f
• carela f, melón amargo, cundeamor chino
• melón verde m
• casaba f

Derived terms

• abrir el melón
• digamelón
• melón de agua
• melonero

 

Descendants

• → Western Apache: bilóń
• → Guaraní: merõ

Further reading

• “melón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10