melon

A2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈmɛlən/ See IPA manual

Freq #11101

Meanings

1

noun
A large, round, sweet, juicy fruit with a hard skin.

We ate slices of cold melon on the hot afternoon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

breasts

Word family

Forms melons

Derived forms bittermelonmelon-headedmelonademelonalmelonettemelongrowermelonicmeloniousmelonistmelonlikemelonousmelonrita

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winter melon
a long-keeping variety of muskmelon with pale flesh and a smooth rind

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

*pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European meloun Middle English melon Old French melonem la-lat melopeponem Latin μηλοπέπων Ancient Greek

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# melon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛlən/
**Frequency rank:** 11101

## Meanings
1. A large, round, sweet, juicy fruit with a hard skin.

## Examples
- We ate slices of cold melon on the hot afternoon.

## Synonyms
- breasts

## Derived Forms
- bittermelon
- melon-headed
- melonade
- melonal
- melonette
- melongrower
- melonic
- melonious
- melonist
- melonlike
- melonous
- melonrita

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pekʷ-
- Root: meloun
- Root: melon
- Root: melonem
- Root: melopeponem
- Root: μηλοπέπων

## Etymology
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

## AI Etymology
Melon comes from Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”). In present-day English it covers a large, round, sweet, juicy fruit with a hard skin. The historical chain runs through *pekʷ- (Proto-Indo-European), meloun (Middle English), melon (Old French), melonem (Late Latin), and melopeponem (Latin). Related and derived forms include bittermelon, melon-headed, and melonade.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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