Meaning

10 senses
  1. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

    (countable, uncountable)Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.

    any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers

  2. (countable, uncountable)Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Benincasa hispida, the winter melon.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants.

    Melone

    ды́няdýnja

    ди́няdýnja

  6. (uncountable)A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.

  7. (countable, usually plural, slang, uncountable)The breasts.

    Melonen

    до́йкаdójka, бу́ферbúfer

  8. (countable, slang)The head, the brain.

    Think! Use your melon!

  9. (Australia, New Zealand, countable, derogatory)A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.

  10. (countable)A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

Examples

52 sentences
  1. There is a melon on the table.

    На столі диня.

    ruНа столе лежит дыня.

    deAuf dem Tisch liegt eine Melone.

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  2. Who cut the melon?

    Хто порізав диню?

    ruКто порезал дыню?

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  3. They are melons.

    Це дині.

    deDas sind Melonen.

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  4. Half of the melon was eaten.

    ruПолдыни съели.

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  5. Half of the melons were eaten.

    ruПоловина дынь была съедена.

    deDie Hälfte der Melonen wurde aufgegessen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fruit:
Русский
By meaning 2
fruit:
slang: breasts:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fruit:
slang: breasts:

Origin

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from La

From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

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