melón

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

melón m (plural melones)

1. melon
2. badger

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”).

• IPA^(key): /meˈlɔoːn/

melón f (genitive singular melónar, plural melónir)

1. melon

• melom, melão (reintegrationist)

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

• IPA^(key): /meˈloŋ/ [meˈloŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: me‧lón

melón m (plural melóns)

1. melon
2. pumpkin
3. stubble

• meloeiro
• melón de auga

• 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
• “melón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /meˈlon/ [meˈlõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧lón

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, Lunfardo, Rioplatense, chiefly in the plural) breasts

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

• → Western Apache: bilóń
• → Guaraní: merõ

• “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], 10 December 2024