melon
pronunciation
How to pronounce melon in British English:
UK [ˈmelən]
How to pronounce melon in American English:
US [ˈmelən]
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- Noun:
- any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh
- any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
Word Origin
- melon
- melon: [14] Greek mēlon actually meant ‘apple’. But combination with pépōn ‘ripe’ (a relative of English peptic [17]) produced mēlopépōn, which was used for ‘melon’. This passed into Latin as mēlopepō, but the -pepō part was subsequently dropped, giving mēlō – source, via Old French, of English melon.=> marmalade
- melon (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French melon (13c.), from Medieval Latin melonem (nominative melo), from Latin melopeponem, a kind of pumpkin, from Greek melopepon "gourd-apple" (name for several kinds of gourds bearing sweet fruit), from melon "apple" (see malic) + pepon, a kind of gourd, probably noun use of pepon "ripe" (see pumpkin). In Greek, melon was used in a generic way for all foreign fruits (compare similar use of apple). The Greek plural of "melon" was used from ancient times for "a girl's breasts."
Example
- 1. The eggs even break down the melon 's carbs .
- 2. When he cut open a melon , he wept .
- 3. Cctv 's coverage of the melon malaise is part of a major government-backed media campaign designed to out food safety violators .
- 4. Eat vitamin-filled melon followed by protein-rich egg for the perfect fat-fighting breakfast .
- 5. The supermarket casa dos frescos sold a melon for $ 100 shortly before christmas to an irate frenchman .