"melone" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /meˈlo.ne/ Forms: meloni [plural], meloncìno [diminutive], mellone [alternative, dialectal]
Rhymes: -one Etymology: From Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:inh|la-lat:mēlō<id:cucurbit>|id=melon}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "melon", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "apple", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μῆλον", "gloss" : "apple; tree fruit", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "ripe", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "to be cooking", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cook", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pekʷ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "thematic present", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pékʷeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πέπων", "gloss" : "cooked by the sun, ripe; mellow", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Koine Greek", "term" : "μηλοπέπων", "lang" : "grc-koi" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "mēlopepō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "mēlō", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "melone", "lang" : "it" }" data-id="melon" data-lang="it" data-title="melone" id="Italian:_melon">, {{inh|it|la-lat|melo|mēlōnem}} Late Latin mēlōnem, {{inh|it|la|mēlopepō}} Latin mēlopepō, {{der|it|grc|μηλοπέπων|t=melon}} Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m|dim=meloncìno}} melone m (plural meloni, diminutive meloncìno)
  1. melon, muskmelon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-melone-it-noun-ll2grsvX Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Fruits, Gourd family plants Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 52 48 Disambiguation of Fruits: 63 37 Disambiguation of Gourd family plants: 88 12
  2. (regional) synonym of cocomero Tags: masculine, regional Synonyms: cocomero [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-melone-it-noun-K9SDgrNO Categories (other): Regional Italian, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: melonaio, meloncello

Inflected forms

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