"מלפפון" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /melafeˈfon/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-מלפפון.wav Forms: מְלָפְפוֹן [canonical], m'laf'fon [romanization], מְלָפְפוֹנִים [indefinite, plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple; tree fruit”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”). Often erroneously suggested to be related with לָפַף (“to wrap around”) due to their twisting vines. Etymology templates: {{der|he|grc|μηλοπέπων|gloss=melon}} Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”), {{compound|grc|μῆλον|πέπων|nocat=1|t1=apple; tree fruit|t2=ripe}} μῆλον (mêlon, “apple; tree fruit”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pl=מְלָפְפוֹנִים|tr=m'laf'fon|wv=מְלָפְפוֹן}} מְלָפְפוֹן • (m'laf'fon) m (plural indefinite מְלָפְפוֹנִים)
  1. (Mishnaic Hebrew) Armenian cucumber, vegetable melon
    Sense id: en-מלפפון-he-noun-5jQNiIQ7 Categories (other): Mishnaic Hebrew, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55
  2. (vegetable) cucumber
    Sense id: en-מלפפון-he-noun-3YMkBOju Categories (other): Vegetables, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55 Topics: food, lifestyle, vegetable
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: מְלָפְפוֹן יָם (m'laf'fon yam), מְלָפְפוֹן חָמוּץ (melafefón khamútz)
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