Origin: 1600-1700 pumpion pumpkin (16-19 centuries), from French pompon melon, pumpkin
1 [countable, uncountable] a very large orange fruit that grows on the ground, or the inside of this fruit eaten as food: pumpkin pie2[singular, not with “the”] a name used for someone you love, especially a child: What’s wrong, pumpkin? [Origin: 1600–1700 pumpion pumpkin (16–19 centuries), from French pompon melon, pumpkin]