melocotón

See also: melocoton

Fala

Alternative forms

• maracatón (Mañegu, archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish melocotón, from Latin mālum cotōnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /melokoˈton/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧lo‧co‧tón

Noun

melocotón m (plural melocotós (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) or melocotóns (Valverdeñu))

1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) peach (fruit)

   Synonyms: prisegu (Lagarteiru), présigu (Valverdeñu, dated)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mālum cotōnĭum (“quince”), with influence from Spanish melón. Like quinces, peaches have a cottony fruit skin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /melokoˈton/ [me.lo.koˈt̪õn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧lo‧co‧tón

Noun

melocotón m (plural melocotones)

1. (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Spain) peach

   Synonym: (Latin America) durazno

Derived terms

• melocotonero m

 

Descendants

• →? Catalan: melicotó, melocotó, melacotó
• → English: melocoton
• → Portuguese: melocotão

Further reading

• “melocotón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014