Melone
See also: melone
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed roughly simultaneously (15th c.) in the south from Italian melone, in the north through Middle Low German melōne and Middle Dutch meloen from Middle French melon. Both from Late Latin mēlō, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, literally “ripe fruit”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Melone f (genitive Melone, plural Melonen, diminutive Melönchen n)
- melon (plant, fruit)
- Die Melone ist lecker. ― The melon is tasty.
- bowler hat
- Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone
- With umbrella, charm and bowler hat (German title of British TV series The Avengers)
- (slang, in the plural) melons: a woman’s breasts, especially when large
Declension edit
Declension of Melone [feminine]