HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cantaloupe
/ˈkæntəˌloʊp/
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Give “can” the primary stress.
Use three syllables and a secondary beat on the final lope. Keep the middle vowel light and close with p, without adding a sound for the final e.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“We shared a ripe cantaloupe.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does cantaloupe mean?
noun
- Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
- Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
- An orange colour, like that of cantaloupe flesh.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (slang) A woman's breasts, particularly large breasts.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkæntəˌloʊp/
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It is a weariness to go back, even in thought, to the clang of San Francisco, which I left in its cold morning fog early yesterday, driving to the Oakland ferry through streets with side-walks heaped with thousands of cantaloupe and water-melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, squashes, pears, grapes, peaches, apricots--all of startling size as compared with any I ever saw before.