แตงโม
watermelon
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- 1 watermelon
This is the everyday Thai word for watermelon.
watermelon
It refers to a watermelon, the large, juicy fruit with a green rind and sweet flesh.
Learning notes
Explanation
แตงโม is the standard everyday noun for watermelon and is natural in both speech and writing. A whole watermelon is counted with the classifier ลูก, as in แตงโมหนึ่งลูก (“one watermelon”). A cut piece is counted with ชิ้น, as in แตงโมหนึ่งชิ้น (“one piece of watermelon”). แตง refers broadly to plants in the gourd family, while the full word แตงโม specifically means “watermelon.”
Usage
It is commonly used when buying fruit at a market or supermarket, talking about food, or ordering watermelon juice or smoothies. It often appears with words such as หวาน (“sweet”), สุก (“ripe”), and สด (“fresh”).
Caution
Use ลูก to count whole watermelons and ชิ้น to count individual slices or pieces.