watermelon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
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.
Compound parts: water
melon
Inflected forms:
form: watermelons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: 🍉
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is typically bright red when ripe and contains black seeds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An environmentalist with socialist leanings, an ecosocialist.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
slang
uncountable
examples: According to this distorted view of life, environmentalists are watermelons – green on the outside, red on the inside – who want to impose regulation, “the slippery slope to socialism”, on the use of tobacco, ozone-destroying chemicals and greenhouse gases.
gloss: A pinkish-red colour, like that of watermelon flesh (also called watermelon pink).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A project that is presented as on schedule when it actually has parts that are falling behind.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The nuts and bolts of any project are transparency. If the project status is transparent, the watermelons can’t arise. If anybody is able to get the information, it will be difficult to hide something.
As a PMO [project management officer], wherever I see watermelon reporting, I encourage the PM [project manager] to be brave and honest enough to ask for help.
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gloss: A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
slang
uncountable
Synonyms: breasts
Derived words: watermelonade
watermelon beetle
watermelon radish
watermelonrita
watermelontini
watermelon tourmaline
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: waterlemoen
lang: Afrikaans
word: waatlemoen
lang: Afrikaans
word: wartlemoen
lang: Albanian
word: shalqi
lang: Albanian
word: bostan
lang: Southern Altai
word: арбуз
roman: arbuz
lang: Arabic
word: بَطِّيخ
roman: baṭṭīḵ
lang: Arabic
word: بَطِّيخَة
roman: baṭṭīḵa
lang: Algerian Arabic
word: دلاع
lang: Arabic
word: بطيخ
roman: baṭṭīḵ
lang: Arabic
word: بطيخة
roman: baṭṭīḵa
lang: Arabic
word: جحّ
roman: jiḥḥ
lang: Arabic
word: يح
lang: Arabic
word: رقي
roman: raggī
lang: Arabic
word: بطيخ
roman: baṭṭīḵ
lang: Arabic
word: حَبحَب
roman: ḥabḥab
lang: Mesopotamian Arabic
word: رقّي
roman: raggi, raqqi
lang: Mesopotamian Arabic
word: شمزي
roman: šəmzi
lang: Arabic
word: دلاح
roman: dallāḥ
lang: Arabic
word: دلاحة
roman: dallāḥa
lang: Arabic
word: بطيخ
roman: baṭṭīḵ
lang: Arabic
word: بطيخ
roman: baṭṭīḵ
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: دلاع
roman: dillēʕ
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܫܸܦܬܝܼܵܐ
roman: šiptiya
lang: Aramaic
word: ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ
roman: paṭṭīḥā
lang: Armenian
word: ձմերուկ
roman: jmeruk
lang: Assamese
word: তৰমুজ
roman: tormuz
lang: Asturian
word: sandía
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qarpız
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡарбуз
roman: qarbuz
lang: Basque
word: angurri
lang: Belarusian
word: каву́н
roman: kavún
lang: Bengali
word: তরমুজ
roman: toromuj
lang: Central Bikol
word: pakwan
lang: Bulgarian
word: ди́ня
roman: dínja
lang: Burmese
word: ဖရဲ
roman: hpa.rai:
lang: Cahuilla
word: 'estu'ish
lang: Catalan
word: síndria
lang: Catalan
word: meló d'Alger
lang: Catalan
word: meló d'aigua
lang: Cebuano
word: pakwan
lang: Chavacano
word: pakwan
lang: Chickasaw
word: istokchank
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 西瓜
roman: sai¹ gwaa¹
lang: Chinese
word: 西瓜
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 生瓜
roman: siⁿ-koe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 西瓜
roman: xīguā
lang: East Circassian
word: хъарбыз
roman: ꭓarbəz
lang: West Circassian
word: хъырбыдз
roman: ꭓərbədz
lang: Czech
word: vodní meloun
lang: Danish
word: vandmelon
lang: Central Dusun
word: sadur
lang: Dutch
word: watermeloen
lang: Egyptian
word: b-d:d-w-D28:D52-M2:Z2
roman: bddw-kꜣ
lang: Esperanto
word: akvomelono
lang: Estonian
word: arbuus
lang: Estonian
word: vesimelon
lang: Faroese
word: vatnmelón
lang: Finnish
word: vesimeloni
lang: Finnish
word: arbuusi
lang: French
word: pastèque
lang: French
word: melon d'eau
lang: Friulian
word: angurie
lang: Galician
word: cidra
lang: Galician
word: pepón
lang: Galician
word: guineo
lang: Galician
word: sandía
lang: Gallurese
word: síndria
lang: Gallurese
word: patéca
lang: Georgian
word: საზამთრო
roman: sazamtro
lang: German
word: Wassermelone
lang: Greek
word: καρπούζι
roman: karpoúzi
lang: Greek
word: υδροπέπων
roman: ydropépon
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: xãjáu
lang: Gujarati
word: તરબૂચ
roman: tarbūc
lang: Hawaiian
word: ipu haole
lang: Hebrew
word: אֲבַטִּיחַ
roman: avatíakh
lang: Hindi
word: तरबूज़
roman: tarbūz
lang: White Hmong
word: dib liab
lang: Hungarian
word: görögdinnye
lang: Icelandic
word: vatnsmelóna
lang: Ido
word: aquomelono
lang: Ilocano
word: sandia
lang: Indonesian
word: semangka
lang: Irish
word: mealbhacán uisce
lang: Italian
word: cocomero
lang: Italian
word: anguria
lang: Japanese
word: スイカ
roman: suika
lang: Javanese
word: semangka
lang: Kalmyk
word: тарвс
roman: tarvs
lang: Kannada
word: ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ
roman: kallaṅgaḍi
lang: Kapampangan
word: pakuan
lang: Karelian
word: arpuusi
lang: Kazakh
word: қарбыз
roman: qarbyz
lang: Khmer
word: ឪឡឹក
roman: ʼəwlək
lang: Korean
word: 수박
roman: subak
lang: Korean
word: 서과
roman: seogwa
lang: Kumyk
word: харбуз
roman: xarbuz
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شووتی
roman: şûtî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: zebeş
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şûtî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: дарбыз
roman: darbız
lang: Ladino
word: קארפוּס
roman: karpus
lang: Lao
word: ໝາກໂມ
roman: māk mō
lang: Latin
word: citrullus
lang: Latvian
word: arbūzs
lang: Lezgi
word: къарпуз
roman: q̄arpuz
lang: Lithuanian
word: arbūzas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Waassermeloun
lang: Macedonian
word: лубеница
roman: lubenica
lang: Macedonian
word: бостан
roman: bostan
lang: Malay
word: tembikai
lang: Malay
word: semangka
lang: Malay
word: mendikai
lang: Brunei Malay
word: sikoi
lang: Malayalam
word: തണ്ണിമത്തൻ
roman: taṇṇimattaṉ
lang: Maltese
word: dulliegħ
lang: Manchu
word: ᡩᡠᠩᡤᠠ
roman: dungga
lang: Māori
word: merengi
lang: Marathi
word: कलिंगड
roman: kaliṅgaḍ
lang: Marwari
word: मतीरौ
roman: matīrau
lang: Central Sierra Miwok
word: santija-
lang: Mongolian
word: шийгуа
roman: šiigua
lang: Mongolian
word: тарвас
roman: tarvas
lang: Navajo
word: chʼééhjiyáán
lang: Neapolitan
word: mellóne d'àcqua
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vannmelon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vassmelon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: vassmelon
lang: Occitan
word: pastèca
lang: Odia
word: ତରଭୁଜ
roman: tarabhuja
lang: Okinawan
word: 広東瓜
roman: kwantuui
lang: Osage
word: sáhku
lang: Pacoh
word: akeal pacai
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: ґереґа
roman: gerega
lang: Pashto
word: هندواڼه
lang: Persian
word: هندوانه
roman: hendevâne
lang: Persian
word: تربز
roman: tarboz
lang: Persian
word: خربز
roman: xarboz
lang: Persian
word: خربزه
roman: xarboze
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Rebus
lang: Polish
word: arbuz
lang: Portuguese
word: melancia
lang: Punjabi
word: ਹਦਵਾਣਾ
roman: hadvāṇā
lang: Punjabi
word: ਤਰਬੂਜ
roman: tarbūj
lang: Punjabi
word: ਮਤੀਰਾ
roman: matīrā
lang: Punjabi
word: ہدواݨا
roman: hdoāṇā
lang: Quechua
word: santiya
lang: Rapa Nui
word: mareni
lang: Romanian
word: pepene verde
lang: Romanian
word: lubeniță
lang: Romanian
word: harbuz
lang: Russian
word: арбу́з
roman: arbúz
lang: Sanskrit
word: कालिन्द
roman: kālinda
lang: Sanskrit
word: तरम्बुज
roman: tarambuja
lang: Campidanese Sardinian
word: síndria
lang: Sardinian
word: sìndria
lang: Sardinian
word: síndria
lang: Sassarese
word: síndria
lang: Scots
word: wattermelon
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: meal-bhuc uisge
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: лубѐница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бо̀стан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lubènica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bòstan
lang: Shan
word: တႅင်ၸမ်ႈပူႇ
roman: těng tsām pùu
lang: Shan
word: တႅင်ၸမ်ႇပူႇ
roman: těng tsàm pùu
lang: Sinhalese
word: දිය කොමඩු
roman: diya komaḍu
lang: Slovak
word: vodný melón
lang: Slovene
word: lubenica
lang: Sotho
word: lehapu
lang: Spanish
word: sandía
lang: Spanish
word: melón de agua
lang: Spanish
word: patilla
lang: Spanish
word: melón
lang: Swahili
word: tikiti
lang: Swedish
word: vattenmelon
lang: Tabaru
word: samaka
lang: Tagalog
word: pakwan
lang: Tajik
word: тарбуз
roman: tarbuz
lang: Talysh
word: зымсони
roman: zımsoni
lang: Tamil
word: தர்பூசணி
roman: tarpūcaṇi
lang: Tatar
word: карбыз
roman: qarbız
lang: Tauya
word: arafisi
lang: Telugu
word: పుచ్చకాయ
roman: puccakāya
lang: Ternate
word: samaka
lang: Tewa
word: sandíya
lang: Thai
word: แตงโม
roman: dtɛɛng-moo
lang: Tibetan
word: ཆུ་ཀུབ
roman: chu kub
lang: Tigrinya
word: ብርጭቕ
roman: bərč̣əx̣
lang: Tongan
word: meleni
lang: Turkish
word: karpuz
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قارپوز
roman: karpuz
lang: Turkmen
word: garpyz
lang: Ukrainian
word: каву́н
roman: kavún
lang: Urdu
word: تربوز
roman: tarbūz
lang: Uyghur
word: تاۋۇز
roman: tawuz
lang: Uzbek
word: tarvuz
lang: Venetan
word: cocomaro
lang: Venetan
word: cocomero
lang: Venetan
word: anguria
lang: Venetan
word: inguria
lang: Vietnamese
word: dưa hấu
lang: Volga German
word: Erbus
lang: Welsh
word: dyfrfelon
lang: Welsh
word: melon dŵr
lang: Winnebago
word: wicąwą sake
lang: Wolof
word: xaal
lang: Yiddish
word: קאַווענע
roman: kavene
lang: Yiddish
word: אַרבוז
roman: arbuz
lang: Isthmus Zapotec
word: xandié
lang: Zazaki
word: debeş
lang: Zhuang
word: gvehoengz
lang: Zhuang
word: sihgvah
lang: Zulu
word: ikhabe