cantaloupe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: cantaloupes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cantaloup
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: canteloupe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cantelope
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cantaleup
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: canteloup
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
gloss: Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Canada
US
examples: Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.
gloss: An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
pos: noun
gloss: A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
slang
examples: 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.
"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."
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.
"Suzie that one with the pair of cantaloupes?" Freddy holds his palms out from chest.
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."
Derived words: canadew
cantaloupey
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: spanspek
lang: Aklanon
word: atimon
lang: Albanian
word: pjepër
lang: Western Apache
word: bilóń
lang: Arabic
word: كنتالوب
roman: kantalup
lang: Arabic
word: بطيخ
roman: baṭṭīḵ
lang: Arabic
word: شَمَّام
roman: šammām
lang: Arabic
word: سويهلة
roman: swīhla
lang: Arabic
word: بطيخ
roman: baṭṭīḵ
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܓܸܢܕܘܼܪܵܐ
roman: gindura
lang: Armenian
word: սեխ
lang: Aromanian
word: piponj
lang: Assamese
word: বাঙী
roman: baṅi
lang: Assamese
word: চিৰাল
roman: siral
lang: Azerbaijani
word: daşqovun
lang: Bulgarian
word: канталуп
roman: kantalup
lang: Catalan
word: meló cantalup
lang: Cheyenne
word: mȧhōō'o
lang: Cheyenne
word: mȧhōhko
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 皺皮瓜 /皱皮瓜
roman: caau⁴ pei⁴ gwaa¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 麝香甜瓜
roman: shèxiāng tiánguā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 羅馬甜瓜 /罗马甜瓜
roman: Luómǎ tiánguā
lang: Czech
word: cukrový meloun
lang: Czech
word: žlutý meloun
lang: Czech
word: kantalup
lang: Danish
word: kantalup
lang: Dutch
word: kantaloep
lang: Dutch
word: kanteloep
lang: Esperanto
word: kantalupo
lang: Fijian
word: timo
lang: Finnish
word: verkkomeloni
lang: French
word: cantaloup
lang: Georgian
word: ნესვი
roman: nesvi
lang: Georgian
word: დასტამბო
roman: dasṭambo
lang: German
word: Cantaloupe-Melone
lang: Greek
word: πεπόνι
roman: pepóni
lang: Hungarian
word: sárgadinnye
lang: Icelandic
word: kantalúpmelóna
lang: Icelandic
word: cantaloup-melóna
lang: Ido
word: kantalupo
lang: Ido
word: kantalupomelono
lang: Indonesian
word: blewah
lang: Indonesian
word: semangka belanda
lang: Irish
word: cantalúp
lang: Italian
word: cantalupo
lang: Italian
word: zatta
lang: Japanese
word: メロン
roman: meron
lang: Korean
word: 멜론
roman: mellon
lang: Central Kurdish
word: گِڕکە
roman: girrke
lang: Kyrgyz
word: анделек
roman: andelek
lang: Malay
word: tembikai wangi
lang: Malayalam
word: ഷമാം
roman: ṣamāṁ
lang: Maltese
word: bettieħ
lang: Māori
word: kākāriki
lang: Navajo
word: taʼneeskʼání
lang: Northern Sotho
word: sespansepeke
lang: Persian
word: گرمک
roman: garmak
lang: Persian
word: طالبی
roman: tâlebi
lang: Polish
word: kantalupa
lang: Portuguese
word: meloa
lang: Portuguese
word: cantalupo
lang: Quechua
word: lakawiti
lang: Romanian
word: cantalup
lang: Russian
word: канталу́па
roman: kantalúpa
lang: Russian
word: ды́ня
roman: dýnja
lang: Samoan
word: atiu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: диња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: церовача
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: канталупа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dinja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cerovača
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kantalupa
lang: Slovene
word: melona
lang: Spanish
word: cantalupo
lang: Swedish
word: nätmelon
lang: Tagalog
word: melong bato
lang: Tagalog
word: kantalupo
lang: Tahitian
word: ʻatiu
lang: Thai
word: แคนตาลูป
roman: kɛɛn-dtaa-lúup
lang: Tigrinya
word: ሓብሓብ
roman: ḥabḥab
lang: Tongan
word: katiu
lang: Turkish
word: kantalup kavunu
lang: Unami
word: panshpèkw
lang: Yiddish
word: דינקע
roman: dinke