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pump·kin  (pmpkn, pm-, png-)

n.

1.

a. A coarse trailing vine (Cucurbita pepo) widely cultivated for its fruit.

b. The large pulpy round fruit of this plant, having a thick, orange-yellow rind and numerous seeds.

c. Any of several other vines of the genus Cucurbita, especially C. maxima or C. moschata, bearing large pumpkinlike squashes.

2. A moderate to strong orange.

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[Alteration (influenced by -kin) of obsolete pumpion, from obsolete French pompon, popon, from Old French pepon, from Late Latin pepn, from Latin, watermelon or gourd, from Greek, ripe, large melon; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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pumpkin [ˈpʌmpkɪn]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several creeping cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita, esp C. pepo of North America and C. maxima of Europe

2. (Cookery)

a.  the large round fruit of any of these plants, which has a thick orange rind, pulpy flesh, and numerous seeds

b.  (as modifier) pumpkin pie

[from earlier pumpion, from Old French pompon, from Latin pepo, from Greek pepōn, from pepōn ripe, from peptein to ripen]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pumpkin - a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin vine pumpkin - usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn pumpkin seed - the edible seed of a pumpkin Cucurbita, genus Cucurbita - type genus of the Cucurbitaceae squash, squash vine - any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
	2.	pumpkin - usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, pumpkin, pumpkin vine - a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes

Translations

pumpkin [ˈpʌmpkɪn] N (= vegetable) → calabaza f, zapallo m (Andes, S. Cone); (= plant) → calabacera f

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pumpkin [ˈpʌmpkɪn]

n → potiron m, citrouille f

modif [soup, pie] → au potiron pumpkin seed
pumpkin seed n → graine f de citrouille
pump prices npl (= petrol prices) → prix mpl à la pompe
a rise in pump prices → une hausse des prix à la pompe

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pumpkin

n → Kürbis m

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pumpkin [ˈpʌmpkɪn] n → zucca

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pumpkin [ˈpʌmpkɪn] n → zucca

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pumpkin

n pumpkin [ˈpampkin]

a kind of large, round, thick-skinned yellow fruit, eaten as food. pampoen قَرْعَه يَقْطينِيَّه тиква tykev græskar der Kürbis κολοκύθα calabaza kõrvits کدو تنبل kurpitsa citrouille דְלָעָת कद्दू tök labu grasker zucca かぼちゃ 호박 moliūgas ķirbis buah labu pompoen gresskar dynia abóbora dovleac тыква tekvica buča bundeva pumpa ฟักทอง bal kabağı 南瓜 гарбуз لوکي، کدو bí ngô 南瓜

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pumpkin → قَرْع dýně græskar Kürbis κολοκύθα calabaza kurpitsa potiron tikva zucca カボチャ 호박 pompoen gresskar dynia abóbora тыква pumpa ฟักทอง balkabağı bí ngô 南瓜