cantaloupe
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)
- A melon of species Cucumis melo subsp. melo with sweet orange flesh, with numerous cultivars in several cultivar groups.
- An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
- cantaloupe:
Translations[edit]
melon
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cantaloupe”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading[edit]
- cantaloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English cantaloupe, from French cantaloup.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantaloupe
- Synonym of verkkomeloni (“cantaloupe”).
Declension[edit]
Inflection of cantaloupe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | cantaloupe | cantaloupet | ||
genitive | cantaloupen | cantaloupejen | ||
partitive | cantaloupea | cantaloupeja | ||
illative | cantaloupeen | cantaloupeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | cantaloupe | cantaloupet | ||
accusative | nom. | cantaloupe | cantaloupet | |
gen. | cantaloupen | |||
genitive | cantaloupen | cantaloupejen cantaloupeinrare | ||
partitive | cantaloupea | cantaloupeja | ||
inessive | cantaloupessa | cantaloupeissa | ||
elative | cantaloupesta | cantaloupeista | ||
illative | cantaloupeen | cantaloupeihin | ||
adessive | cantaloupella | cantaloupeilla | ||
ablative | cantaloupelta | cantaloupeilta | ||
allative | cantaloupelle | cantaloupeille | ||
essive | cantaloupena | cantaloupeina | ||
translative | cantaloupeksi | cantaloupeiksi | ||
abessive | cantaloupetta | cantaloupeitta | ||
instructive | — | cantaloupein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
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