watermelon
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
- The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black seeds.
- An environmentalist with socialist leanings, an ecosocialist.
- A pinkish-red colour, like that of watermelon flesh (also called watermelon pink).
- A project that is presented as on schedule when it actually has parts that are falling behind.
- A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
Pronunciation
/ˈwɔːtəˌmɛlən/
/ˈwɑtəɹˌmɛlən/
/ˈwɒːt̞ɚˌmɛlən/
/ˈwaːhɐˌmɛlən/
/ˈwaːʔɐˌmɛlən/
/ˈwaːʔɚˌmɛlən/
/ˈwɔːɾɚˌmɛlən/
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Word forms
watermelon
watermelons
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Etymology
From the 1610s, a compound of water + melon. Compare French melon d'eau, German Wassermelone, and Spanish melón de agua.
The meanings referring to environmentalists and behind-schedule projects derive from the idea of having a green (eco-friendly, on-schedule) outward appearance while being red (socialist, behind schedule) in a hidden way comparable to that of the fruit.
Translations
Afrikaans: waterlemoen
Afrikaans: waatlemoen
Afrikaans: wartlemoen
Albanian: shalqi
Albanian: bostan
Southern Altai: арбуз
Arabic: بَطِّيخ
Arabic: بَطِّيخَة
Arabic: بطيخ
Arabic: بطيخة
Arabic: جحّ
Arabic: يح
Arabic: رقي
Arabic: حَبحَب
Arabic: دلاح
Arabic: دلاحة
Algerian Arabic: دلاع
Mesopotamian Arabic: رقّي
Mesopotamian Arabic: شمزي
Tunisian Arabic: دلاع
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܸܦܬܝܼܵܐ
Aramaic: ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ
Armenian: ձմերուկ
Assamese: তৰমুজ
Asturian: sandía
Azerbaijani: qarpız
Bashkir: ҡарбуз
Basque: angurri
Belarusian: каву́н
Bengali: তরমুজ
Central Bikol: pakwan
Bulgarian: ди́ня
Burmese: ဖရဲ
Cahuilla: 'estu'ish
Catalan: síndria
Catalan: meló d'Alger
Catalan: meló d'aigua
Cebuano: pakwan
Chavacano: pakwan
Chickasaw: istokchank
Chinese Cantonese: 西瓜
Chinese: 西瓜
Chinese: 生瓜
Chinese Mandarin: 西瓜
East Circassian: хъарбыз
West Circassian: хъырбыдз
Czech: vodní meloun
Danish: vandmelon
Central Dusun: sadur
Dutch: watermeloen
Egyptian: b-d:d-w-D28:D52-M2:Z2
Esperanto: akvomelono
Estonian: arbuus
Estonian: vesimelon
Faroese: vatnmelón
Finnish: vesimeloni
Finnish: arbuusi
French: pastèque
French: melon d'eau
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