noun, masculine/mə.lɔ̃/plural: melons
melon (fruit)
Related: avoir le melon, chapeau melon, melon de France, melon de Montréal, melon d'eau
Inherited from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”). More at English melon.