pastèque
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese pateca, from Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “melon, watermelon”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pastèque f (plural pastèques)
- watermelon (plant)
- Synonym: melon d’eau
- watermelon (fruit)
- Synonym: melon d’eau
- (slang) boob (female breast)
Further reading edit
- “pastèque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.