Melonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈmɛlən/
• 韻: -ɛlən

語源 1

From 中期英語 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”).

名詞

melon (countable and uncountable, plural melons)

1. (countable) Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
   1. Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
   2. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others
   3. Benincasa hispida, the winter melon
   4. Momordica charantia, the bitter melon
2. (countable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants
3. (uncountable) A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.

   melon:  

4. (usually in the plural, slang) The breasts.
   • 1958, Thomas Berger, Crazy in Berlin:

     She indicated her left melon, underneath which lay the heart. “Because you stuck with me, and whether you ever said it or not, that is love.”

   • 2013, K. L. Brady, Got a Right to Be Wrong, page 107:

     “Wait a minute.” I said. “James with another woman? Mommy, that doesn't even sound right?” “It's true. I caught him squeezing her melons.”

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

   Think! Use your melon!

6. (countable, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
7. (countable) A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:breasts

上位語

• fruit

下位語

• cantaloupe, citron melon, honeydew, honeydew melon, muskmelon (musk melon), citron melon, Persian melon, rockmelon, watermelon, winter melon

派生語

派生した語

• → Cornish: melon
• → Japanese: メロン
• → Korean: 멜론 (mellon)
• → Welsh: melon

形容詞

melon

1. Of a light pinkish orange color, like that of melon flesh.

参考

語源 2

名詞

melon (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of mellon.

アナグラム

• Lemon, Menlo, Monel, lemon, nmole