Translingual

Proper noun

Pepo m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – See Cucurbita.

Derived terms

• Cucurbita pepo

English

Noun

pepo ‎(plural pepos)

1. A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.
2. A plant producing such a fruit.
   • 1945, George Francis Carter, Plant Geography and Culture History in the American Southwest, Issue 5‎, page 25

     The Papago claim that their ancient pepo would produce a mature, sweet melon if the ground were wet only once, while the "new" melons would not.

Synonyms

• (fruit): gourd, melon, pumpkin, squash, cucumber
• (plant): cucurbit

Translations

Anagrams

• Pope, pope

Esperanto

Noun

pepo ‎(accusative singular pepon, plural pepoj, accusative plural pepojn)

1. a chirp, peep, twitter
2. (Internet) a tweet

Related terms

• pepi ‎(“to chirp”)

Guaraní

Noun

pepo

1. wing

Italian

Verb

pepo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pepare

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέπων ‎(pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω ‎(péptō, “ripen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.poː/

Noun

pepō m ‎(genitive peponis); third declension

1. pumpkin, large melon

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• pepo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pepo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Swahili

Noun

pepo (n class, plural pepo)

1. spirit, demon
2. Paradise (abode of God)

Noun

pepo

1. plural of upepo