Swedish noun

en melon

melon/mɛlˈuːn/

Meaning

melon

In Swedish: frukt av växten Cucumis melo

Forms

Forms of melon
Singular, indefiniteen melon
Singular, definitemelonen
Plural, indefinitemeloner
Plural, definitemelonerna

melon is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor melon, den stora melonen. Check another noun

Practise melon

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Is it en melon or ett melon?

melon in a sentence

  • Schyssta meloner!
    Nice melons!

Words built with melon

  • vattenmelon watermelon

Questions

What does melon mean in English?

melon means “melon”.

Is it en melon or ett melon?

It is en melon, and “the melon” is melonen.

What is the plural of melon?

The plural of melon is meloner, and the definite plural is melonerna.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian melone, from Late Latin mēlō, mēlōnem.

Nearby common words

melon is number 7,876 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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