pumpkin

CEFRA2

/ˈpʌmpkɪn/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large round orange vegetable with hard skin and seeds.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

Examples

  • The little bumpkin bought a big pumpkin.

  • Tom doesn't know if Mary likes pumpkin pie or not.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • [ˈpʰʌŋ̥kɪn]
  • /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.

  2. A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

  3. Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.

More examples

In context

  • What a big pumpkin!

  • Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient.

  • There were pumpkins in Mombi’s corn-fields, lying golden red among the rows of green stalks; and these had been planted and carefully tended that the four-horned cow might eat of them in the winter time.

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Origin

noun

Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647. The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false. The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance.