cantaloup
French, noun/kɑ̃.ta.lu/
cantaloup is spelled C-A-N-T-A-L-O-U-P (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantaloup is a French masculine noun meaning “cantaloupe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de melon à côtes saillantes et rugueuses”.
What does cantaloup mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecantaloupe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de melon à côtes saillantes et rugueuses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cantaloup
- cantaloups plural
- cantalou obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantaloup?
- /kɑ̃.ta.lu/
- \kɑ̃.ta.lu\
- \kɑ̃.ta.lup\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantaloup
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantaloup in French?
cantaloup appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).