Watermelon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

Watermelon (plural Watermelons)

1. A plant of the genus Citrullus, a variety of melon.
2. The fruit of the watermelon plant, having a green rind and watery flesh that is bright red when ripe and contains black pips.
3. (derogatory slang) An environmentalist with socialist leanings (from the similarily to the fruit, being green on the outside, and red on the inside).

Translations

plant

Dutch: watermeloen f Finnish: vesimeloni French: pastèque f, melon d'eau m Greek: Ï Î´ÏÎ¿Ï€ÎµÏ€Î¿Î½Î¹Î¬ [iðro̞ˌpe̞po̞ˈɲa] f, ÎºÎ±ÏÏ€Î¿Ï Î¶Î¹Î¬ [karpuˈzʝa] f Kurdish: zebeş m., şûtî m. Lithuanian: arbÅ«zas m

Polish: arbuz m Romanian: pepene m Russian: арбуз m Spanish: sandía f Swedish: vattenmelon c Turkish: karpuz

fruit

Chinese: 西瓜 Dutch: watermeloen f Finnish: vesimeloni French: pastèque f, melon d'eau m German: Wassermelone f Greek: Ï Î´ÏÎ¿Ï€ÎµÏ€ÏŒÎ½Î¹ [iˌðro̞pe̞ˈpo̞ni] n, καρπούζι [karˈpuzi] n Hebrew: אֲבַטִּיחַ m Hungarian:Görögdinnye Italian: cocomero m, anguria f Japanese: スイカ (or すいか) suika Korean: 수박 subak

Kurdish: zebeş m., şûtî m. Lithuanian: arbūzas m Marathi: कलिंगड (kalingad) Polish: arbuz m Portuguese: melancia f Russian: арбуз m Slovene: lubenica f Spanish: sandía f Swedish: vattenmelon c Telugu: పుచ్చకాయ Turkish: karpuz

derogatory slang: environmentalist with socialist leanings

Finnish: viherpiipertäjä (doesn't imply socialism)

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