แตงไทย
taeng-thai
In Thai, the word for melon is แตงไทย (taeng-thai).
แตงไทย refers to the melon fruit.
Meaning: fruit (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
taeng-thai
Did you know?
- The แตงไทย is rarely eaten raw as a sweet fruit. It is traditionally cooked in a sweet coconut milk syrup as a dessert.
- While แตงไทย is the Thai melon, the popular honeydew or cantaloupe is often called เมลอน, a direct loanword from English.
- In traditional Thai medicine, different types of แตง are used for their cooling properties to balance 'heat' in the body during the humid summer.
Examples in context
- คุณอยากซื้อแตงไทยไหมkhun yak sue taeng thai maiDo you want to buy a melon?
Example conversation
At a local fruit market.
- ชลสิทธิ์ Cholasitแตงไทยลูกนี้หวานไหมครับtaeng thai luk ni wan mai khrapIs this melon sweet?
- สิรินทร์ Sirinหวานมากค่ะ ลองชิมดูนะคะwan mak kha. long chim du na khaIt is very sweet. Please try a taste.
- ชลสิทธิ์ Cholasitผมขอซื้อแตงไทยสองลูกครับphom kho sue taeng thai song luk khrapI would like to buy two melons.
- สิรินทร์ Sirinได้ค่ะ รอสักครู่นะคะdai kha. ro sak khru na khaCertainly. Please wait a moment.
