melone

See also: Melone

Finnish

Verb

melone

1. present active potential connegative of meloa

Anagrams

• meloen

Italian

Alternative forms

• mellone (dialectal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: me‧ló‧ne

Noun

melone m (plural meloni, diminutive meloncìno)

1. melon, muskmelon
2. (regional) Synonym of cocomero

Derived terms

• melonaio
• meloncello

Descendants

• → German: Melone
• → Hunsrik: Mëlon

Further reading

• melone in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• melone in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• melone in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• melone in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• melóne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• melóne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [meːˈɫoː.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meˈlɔː.ne]

Noun

mēlōne

1. ablative singular of mēlō

Latvian

Noun

melone f (5th declension)

1. melon

Declension

Declension of melone (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	melone	melones
genitive	melones	meloņu
dative	melonei	melonēm
accusative	meloni	melones
instrumental	meloni	melonēm
locative	melonē	melonēs
vocative	melone	melones

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• meloni, meluni (Campidanese)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlone/

Noun

melone m (plural melones)

1. melon (fruit)

   Synonym: pepone