albudeca

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”). Cognate of Spanish albudeca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [əl.βuˈðe̞.kə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.buˈðe.kə] IPA(key): (Central) [əl.βuˈðe.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.buˈðe.ka] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [al.βuˈðe.ka] === Noun === albudeca f (plural albudeques) tasteless or watery melon Synonym: pasteca === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “albudeca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Spanish == === Etymology === From Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَطِّيخَة (al-baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”), from Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /albuˈdeka/ [al.β̞uˈð̞e.ka] Rhymes: -eka Syllabification: al‧bu‧de‧ca === Noun === albudeca f (plural albudecas) tasteless or watery melon Synonym: badea === Further reading === “albudeca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025