chapeau melon

/ʃa.po mə.lɔ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les chapeaux melon

Meaning

  1. bowler hat

    • L'homme porte un chapeau melon et une canne.

      The man wears a bowler hat and carries a cane.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

bombín

bombín is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bowler hat."

Practice

1 What does chapeau melon mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'homme porte un ___ melon et une canne.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chapeau melon?

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