cantaloupe
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
- Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
- Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
- An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
- A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
Pronunciation
/ˈkæn.tə.luːp/
/ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/
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En-us-cantaloupe.ogg
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Word forms
cantaloupe
cantaloupes
cantaloup
canteloupe
cantelope
cantaleup
canteloup
Etymology
From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf".
Named after Cantalupo in Sabina, a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.
Translations
Afrikaans: spanspek
Aklanon: atimon
Albanian: pjepër
Western Apache: bilóń
Arabic: كنتالوب
Arabic: بطيخ
Arabic: شَمَّام
Arabic: سويهلة
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܢܕܘܼܪܵܐ
Armenian: սեխ
Aromanian: piponj
Assamese: বাঙী
Assamese: চিৰাল
Azerbaijani: daşqovun
Bulgarian: канталуп
Catalan: meló cantalup
Cheyenne: mȧhōō'o
Cheyenne: mȧhōhko
Chinese Cantonese: 皺皮瓜 /皱皮瓜
Chinese Mandarin: 麝香甜瓜
Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬甜瓜 /罗马甜瓜
Czech: cukrový meloun
Czech: žlutý meloun
Czech: kantalup
Danish: kantalup
Dutch: kantaloep
Dutch: kanteloep
Esperanto: kantalupo
Fijian: timo
Finnish: verkkomeloni
French: cantaloup
Georgian: ნესვი
Georgian: დასტამბო
German: Cantaloupe-Melone
Greek: πεπόνι
Hungarian: sárgadinnye
Icelandic: kantalúpmelóna
Icelandic: cantaloup-melóna
Ido: kantalupo
Ido: kantalupomelono
Indonesian: blewah
Indonesian: semangka belanda
Irish: cantalúp
Italian: cantalupo
Italian: zatta
Japanese: メロン
Korean: 멜론
Central Kurdish: گِڕکە
Kyrgyz: анделек
Malay: tembikai wangi
Malayalam: ഷമാം
Maltese: bettieħ
Māori: kākāriki
Navajo: taʼneeskʼání
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