Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Noun
- 2 Bikol Central
- 2.1 Alternative forms
- 2.2 Etymology
- 2.3 Pronunciation
- 2.4 Noun
- 3 Cebuano
- 3.1 Etymology
- 3.2 Pronunciation
- 3.3 Noun
- 3.3.1 Synonyms
- 4 Italian
- 4.1 Verb
- 5 Portuguese
- 5.1 Etymology
- 5.2 Pronunciation
- 5.3 Noun
- 6 Spanish
- 6.1 Etymology
- 6.2 Pronunciation
- 6.3 Noun
- 6.3.1 Derived terms
- 6.3.2 Related terms
- 6.4 Further reading
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pepino (plural pepinos)
- Synonym of pepino melon.
Bikol Central[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pepíno (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒᜈᜓ)
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish pepino, diminutive of Latin pepo, peponis, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pepino
- A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
- The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh; cucumber.
Synonyms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
pepino
- inflection of pepare:
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish pepino, from Latin pepōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pepinom (plural pepinos)
- cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)
- Synonym: pepineiro
- cucumber (the fruit of the cucumber plant, used as a vegetable)
- Synonym: cogombro
- (Brazil, slang) problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formed as a diminutive from the Old Spanish pepón (which was re-analyzed as an augmentative, see the suffix -ón), itself borrowed from Latin peponem (“pumpkin”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pepinom (plural pepinos)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pepino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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