What does melon in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word melon in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use melon in French.

The word melon in French means melon, melon plant, melon, Ayrab, melon, bowler, bowler hat, be big-headed, get a big head, get too big for your boots, watermelon, get a big head, get too big for your boots. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word melon

melon, melon plant

nom masculin (cucurbitacée sucrée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Chaque année nous plantons des melons.
We plant melons every year.

melon

nom masculin (fruit du melon)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Chez nous les melons sont ronds et orangés à l'intérieur.
Where we're from, melons are round and they're orange inside.

Ayrab

nom masculin (raciste, insultant (désignation xénophobe d'un Maghrébin) (US, pejorative, offensive)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il travaille avec deux melons du Maroc.
He works with two Ayrabs from Morocco.

melon

nom masculin (Zoologie (renflement à la tête de cétacés) (whale anatomy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le melon de cette baleine est proéminent.
This whale has a prominent melon.

bowler, bowler hat

nom masculin (type de chapeau arrondi) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Charlie Chaplin en Charlot portait un chapeau melon.
Charlie Chaplin wore a bowler hat when playing the character of The Tramp.

be big-headed

locution verbale (familier, figuré (se sentir supérieur) (pejorative, figurative)

get a big head, get too big for your boots

locution verbale (argot (devenir prétentieux) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

watermelon

nom masculin (Can surtout (pastèque) (fruit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

get a big head, get too big for your boots

locution verbale (familier (devenir imbu de soi) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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