cantaloupe

See also: Cantaloupe

English

True cantaloupe

American cantaloupe

Alternative forms

• cantaloup, canteloupe

Etymology

From French cantaloup, from Italian Cantalupo (a place name), from Italian canto + lupo, literally "howl of the wolf".

Named after a former Papal summer estate near Rome, where the melons were first grown after being introduced to Europe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.tə.luːp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.tə.loʊp/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

cantaloupe (plural cantaloupes)

1. Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
   1. (UK, Ireland) 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. [From 1739.]
   2. (Australia, Canada, US) Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
      • 2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 100:

        Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.

2. An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.

   cantaloupe:  

3. (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.

   Distracted by the way that the sudden gust of wind exposed the girl's bare thighs, he tripped on the uneven sidewalk and faceplanted straight into her soft cantaloupes.

   • 2022 [1951], David Goodis, “Cassidy's Girl”, in Black Cat Weekly‎^[1], number 52, Wildside Press, LLC, page 324:

     "I tell you I kept crossing my legs and lighting cigarettes, just hoping he'd notice me. But no. Instead he notices something sitting at a table. He sees a great big pair of cantaloupes sticking out from under a blouse."

   • 2007, Maryann Reid, Use Me or Lose Me: A Novel of Love, Sex, and Drama‎^[2], Macmillan, page 130:

     In the water, Lenox got a little frisky and Farah ended up losing her bikini top. Lenox was glad that she was definitely blessed. The peaches and grapes walking around were no comparison to her cantaloupes.

   • 2019, Louella Bryant, Cowboy Code‎^[3], Black Rose Writing, page 110:

     "Suzie that one with the pair of cantaloupes?" Freddy holds his palms out from chest.

   • 2020, Nicole Kronzer, “Eleven”, in Unscripted‎^[4], Abrams:

     Stepping back to avoid him, I knocked into Xander, who wrapped his arms around me. "Me, too," he cooed. "I love a good pair of cantaloupes."

Synonyms

• (breasts): See Thesaurus:breasts

Derived terms

• canadew
• cantaloupey

 

Translations

melon

• Afrikaans: spanspek (af)
• Aklanon: atimon
• Albanian: pjepër (sq)
• Apache:

  Western Apache: bilóń

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: كنتالوب m (kantalup)

  Gulf Arabic: بطيخ m (baṭṭīḵ)

  Hijazi Arabic: شَمَّام m (šammām)

  Moroccan Arabic: سويهلة f (swīhla), بطيخ (baṭṭīḵ)

• Armenian: սեխ (hy) (sex)
• Aromanian: piponj
• Assamese: বাঙী (baṅi), চিৰাল (siral)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܢܕܘܼܪܵܐ m (gindura)
• Bulgarian: канталуп m (kantalup)
• Catalan: meló cantalup m
• Cheyenne: mȧhōō'o, mȧhōhko
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 皺皮瓜／皱皮瓜 (caau⁴ pei⁴ gwaa¹)

  Mandarin: 麝香甜瓜 (shèxiāng tiánguā), 羅馬甜瓜／罗马甜瓜 (Luómǎ tiánguā)

• Danish: kantalup
• Dutch: kantaloep f, kanteloep (nl) f
• Esperanto: kantalupo
• Finnish: verkkomeloni
• French: cantaloup (fr)
• Georgian: ნესვი (nesvi), დასტამბო (dasṭambo)
• German: Cantaloupe-Melone
• Greek: πεπόνι (el) n (pepóni)
• Hungarian: sárgadinnye (hu)
• Icelandic: kantalúpmelóna f, cantaloup-melóna f
• Ido: kantalupo (io), kantalupomelono (io)
• Irish: cantalúp m
• Italian: cantalupo m, zatta (it) f
• Japanese: メロン (ja) (meron)
• Korean: 멜론 (ko) (mellon)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گِڕکە (girrke)

• Kyrgyz: анделек (ky) (andelek)
• Lenape: panshpèkw
• Malayalam: ഷമാം (ṣamāṁ)
• Maltese: bettieħ m
• Maori: kākāriki (mi)
• Navajo: taʼneeskʼání
• Northern Sotho: sespansepeke
• Persian: گرمک (fa) (garmak), طالبی (fa) (tâlebi)
• Polish: kantalupa f
• Portuguese: meloa f, cantalupo m
• Quechua: lakawiti
• Romanian: cantalup (ro) m
• Russian: канталу́па (ru) f (kantalúpa), ды́ня (ru) f (dýnja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: диња f, церовача f, канталупа f

  Roman: dinja (sh) f, cerovača (sh) f, kantalupa (sh) f

• Slovene: melona (sl) f
• Spanish: cantalupo m
• Swedish: nätmelon (sv) c
• Tagalog: melong bato, kantalupo
• Thai: แคนตาลูป (kɛɛn-dtaa-lúup)
• Tigrinya: ሓብሓብ (ḥabḥab)
• Tongan: katiu
• Turkish: kantalup kavunu
• Yiddish: דינקע f (dinke)

Further reading

• cantaloupe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From English cantaloupe, from French cantaloup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɑluːp/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝luːp]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑluːp

Noun

cantaloupe

1. Synonym of verkkomeloni (“cantaloupe”).

Declension

Inflection of cantaloupe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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 cantaloupein rare
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.

Possessive forms of cantaloupe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cantaloupeni cantaloupeni accusative nom. cantaloupeni cantaloupeni gen. cantaloupeni genitive cantaloupeni cantaloupejeni cantaloupeini rare partitive cantaloupeani cantaloupejani inessive cantaloupessani cantaloupeissani elative cantaloupestani cantaloupeistani illative cantaloupeeni cantaloupeihini adessive cantaloupellani cantaloupeillani ablative cantaloupeltani cantaloupeiltani allative cantaloupelleni cantaloupeilleni essive cantaloupenani cantaloupeinani translative cantaloupekseni cantaloupeikseni abessive cantaloupettani cantaloupeittani instructive — — comitative — cantaloupeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cantaloupesi cantaloupesi accusative nom. cantaloupesi cantaloupesi gen. cantaloupesi genitive cantaloupesi cantaloupejesi cantaloupeisi rare partitive cantaloupeasi cantaloupejasi inessive cantaloupessasi cantaloupeissasi elative cantaloupestasi cantaloupeistasi illative cantaloupeesi cantaloupeihisi adessive cantaloupellasi cantaloupeillasi ablative cantaloupeltasi cantaloupeiltasi allative cantaloupellesi cantaloupeillesi essive cantaloupenasi cantaloupeinasi translative cantaloupeksesi cantaloupeiksesi abessive cantaloupettasi cantaloupeittasi instructive — — comitative — cantaloupeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cantaloupemme cantaloupemme accusative nom. cantaloupemme cantaloupemme gen. cantaloupemme genitive cantaloupemme cantaloupejemme cantaloupeimme rare partitive cantaloupeamme cantaloupejamme inessive cantaloupessamme cantaloupeissamme elative cantaloupestamme cantaloupeistamme illative cantaloupeemme cantaloupeihimme adessive cantaloupellamme cantaloupeillamme ablative cantaloupeltamme cantaloupeiltamme allative cantaloupellemme cantaloupeillemme essive cantaloupenamme cantaloupeinamme translative cantaloupeksemme cantaloupeiksemme abessive cantaloupettamme cantaloupeittamme instructive — — comitative — cantaloupeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cantaloupenne cantaloupenne accusative nom. cantaloupenne cantaloupenne gen. cantaloupenne genitive cantaloupenne cantaloupejenne cantaloupeinne rare partitive cantaloupeanne cantaloupejanne inessive cantaloupessanne cantaloupeissanne elative cantaloupestanne cantaloupeistanne illative cantaloupeenne cantaloupeihinne adessive cantaloupellanne cantaloupeillanne ablative cantaloupeltanne cantaloupeiltanne allative cantaloupellenne cantaloupeillenne essive cantaloupenanne cantaloupeinanne translative cantaloupeksenne cantaloupeiksenne abessive cantaloupettanne cantaloupeittanne instructive — — comitative — cantaloupeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative cantaloupensa cantaloupensa accusative nom. cantaloupensa cantaloupensa gen. cantaloupensa genitive cantaloupensa cantaloupejensa cantaloupeinsa rare partitive cantaloupeaan cantaloupeansa cantaloupejaan cantaloupejansa inessive cantaloupessaan cantaloupessansa cantaloupeissaan cantaloupeissansa elative cantaloupestaan cantaloupestansa cantaloupeistaan cantaloupeistansa illative cantaloupeensa cantaloupeihinsa adessive cantaloupellaan cantaloupellansa cantaloupeillaan cantaloupeillansa ablative cantaloupeltaan cantaloupeltansa cantaloupeiltaan cantaloupeiltansa allative cantaloupelleen cantaloupellensa cantaloupeilleen cantaloupeillensa essive cantaloupenaan cantaloupenansa cantaloupeinaan cantaloupeinansa translative cantaloupekseen cantaloupeksensa cantaloupeikseen cantaloupeiksensa abessive cantaloupettaan cantaloupettansa cantaloupeittaan cantaloupeittansa instructive — — comitative — cantaloupeineen cantaloupeinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• cantaloupemeloni
• cantaloupenmeloni