pastèque

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pateca, from Arabic بَطِيخَة‎ (baṭīḵa, “watermelon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas.tɛk/
pastèque (file)

Noun

pastèque f (plural pastèques)

watermelon (plant)
watermelon (fruit)

Synonyms

melon d'eau

Further reading

“pastèque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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