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All 5 letters words made out of melon

melon emlon mleon lmeon elmon lemon meoln emoln moeln omeln eomln oemln mloen lmoen molen omlen lomen olmen elomn leomn eolmn oelmn loemn olemn melno emlno mleno lmeno elmno lemno menlo emnlo mnelo nmelo enmlo nemlo mlneo lmneo mnleo nmleo lnmeo nlmeo elnmo lenmo enlmo nelmo lnemo nlemo meonl emonl moenl omenl eomnl oemnl menol emnol mneol nmeol enmol nemol monel omnel mnoel nmoel onmel nomel eonml oenml enoml neoml oneml noeml mlone lmone molne omlne lomne olmne mlnoe lmnoe mnloe nmloe lnmoe nlmoe monle omnle mnole nmole onmle nomle lonme olnme lnome nlome onlme nolme elonm leonm eolnm oelnm loenm olenm elnom lenom enlom nelom lneom nleom eonlm oenlm enolm neolm onelm noelm lonem olnem lnoem nloem onlem nolem

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Definitions and meaning of melon

melon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlən/
• Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

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

Noun

melon (countable and uncountable, plural melons)

1. (countable) Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
   1. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including honeydew, cantaloupes, and horned melon.
   2. Genus Citrullus, watermelons and others
   3. Genus Benincasa, a winter melon
   4. Genus Momordica, a bitter melon
2. (uncountable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants
3. (uncountable) A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.

4. (usually in the plural, slang) Breasts.
5. (countable, slang) The head.

6. (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
7. (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

Hypernyms

• fruit

Hyponyms

• cantaloupe, citron melon, honeydew, honeydew melon, muskmelon (musk melon), citron melon, Persian melon, rockmelon, watermelon, winter melon

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: メロン
• → Korean: 멜론 (mellon)
• → Welsh: melon

Translations

Adjective

melon

1. Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.

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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• mellon

Noun

melon (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.

Anagrams

• Lemon, Menlo, Monel, lemon, nmole

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish melón (“melon”).

Noun

melon

1. melon

Danish

Noun

melon c (singular definite melonen, plural indefinite meloner)

1. melon

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “melon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmelon]
• Rhymes: -elon
• Hyphenation: me‧lon

Noun

melon

1. accusative singular of melo

Finnish

Verb

melon

1. first-person singular present indicative of meloa

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”). More at English melon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.lɔ̃/

Noun

melon m (plural melons)

1. melon (fruit)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “melon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Noun

melon (first-person possessive melonku, second-person possessive melonmu, third-person possessive melonnya)

1. melon

Synonyms

• kerahi (rare)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

melon m (definite singular melonen, indefinite plural meloner, definite plural melonene)

1. melon

Derived terms

References

• “melon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

melon m (definite singular melonen, indefinite plural melonar, definite plural melonane)

1. melon

References

• “melon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

melon oblique singular, m (oblique plural melons, nominative singular melons, nominative plural melon)

1. melon (fruit)
   • 1256, Aldebrandin de Sienne, Rég. du corps

Descendants

• → Middle Dutch: melone
  • Afrikaans: meloen
  • Dutch: meloen
• → Middle English: mē̆loun, melon, milon
  • → English: melon, mellon
    • → Japanese: メロン
    • → Korean: 멜론 (mellon)
    • → Welsh: melon
• French: melon

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mēlōnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.lɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɔn
• Syllabification: me‧lon
• Homophone: Melon

Noun

melon m inan (diminutive melonik, related adjective melonowy)

1. melon (any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae)
2. melon (Cucumis melo)

   Synonym: ogórek melon

3. melon (large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants)
4. (colloquial, humorous, chiefly in the plural) huge female breast

   Synonym: balon

5. (colloquial) one million big ones (one million of any currency, especially PLN)

   Synonyms: bańka, duża bańka

6. (cetology) melon (mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• melon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• melony in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• melon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• melon in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French melon.

Noun

melon n (plural meloane)

1. bowler hat

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian melone, from Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem.

Noun

melon c

1. melon
2. (slang) melon (breast)

   Schyssta meloner! ― Nice melons!

Declension

Derived terms

References

• melon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• melon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• melon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlon/, [mɛˈlon]
• Hyphenation: me‧lon

Noun

melón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of milon

Welsh

Alternative forms

• melwn

Etymology

Borrowed from English melon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlɔn/

Noun

melon m (plural melonau or melons)

1. melon

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “melon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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