pastèque

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pateca, from Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “melon, watermelon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pas.tɛk/
pastèque (file)

Noun

pastèque f (plural pastèques)

watermelon (plant)
Synonym: melon d’eau
watermelon (fruit)
Synonym: melon d’eau
(slang) boob (female breast)
Synonyms: sein, lolo

Further reading

“pastèque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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