kantalupo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian cantalupo, from canto (“song”) + lupo (“wolf”), the name of the town in Italy where the melon was first grown. Compare French cantaloup, German Kantalupe, Polish kantalupa, Russian канталу́па (kantalúpa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kantaˈlupo/
  • Rhymes: -upo
  • Hyphenation: kan‧ta‧lu‧po

Noun

kantalupo (accusative singular kantalupon, plural kantalupoj, accusative plural kantalupojn)

  1. cantaloupe
    Hypernym: melono
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