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Mel

Mel

See also: mel, mél, mèl, mêl, měl, -mel-, mel', and Mel.

English

Proper noun

Mel

  1. Short form of female given names such as Melanie, Melinda, Melissa, and Melody.
  2. Short form of the male given names Melvin and Melvyn.

Anagrams

mel

mel

See also: Mel, mél, mèl, mêl, měl, -mel-, mel', and Mel.

Albanian

Noun

mel m (definite singular meli)

  1. millet

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meli (honey) (compare Welsh mêl, Old Irish mil), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid, whence also Latin mel (honey).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛl/

Noun

mel m

  1. honey

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal mel, from Latin mel (honey), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Compare French miel, Italian miele, Portuguese mel, Romanian miere, Spanish miel.

Noun

mel f (plural mels)

  1. honey

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meli (honey) (compare Welsh mêl, Old Irish mil), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid, whence also Latin mel (honey).

Noun

mel m

  1. honey

Mutation


Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mel

  1. thousand

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Germanic *melwą, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind, rub, break up).

Noun

mel n (singular definite melet, not used in plural form)

  1. flour

Dhuwal

Noun

mel

  1. eye

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mel, from Latin mel (honey).

Noun

mel m (plural meles)

  1. honey

Gothic

Romanization

mēl

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin mel (honey).

Noun

mel

  1. honey

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognates include Ancient Greek μέλι (méli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), and Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).

Pronunciation

Noun

mel n (genitive mellis); third declension

  1. honey
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 2.4.20
      hoc est melle dulci dulcius
      This is honey sweeter than sweet honey.
  2. (figuratively) sweetness, pleasantness
    • c. 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 3.1.5
      Sed nos veremur ne parum hic liber mellis et absinthii multum habere videatur
      But I fear that this book will have too little sweetness and too much wormwood.
  3. (figuratively, term of endearment) darling, sweet, honey
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 18
      cor meum spes mea / mel meum suavitudo cibus gaudium
      My heart, my hope, my honey, sweetness, food delight.

Inflection

Third declension neuter i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mel mella
genitive mellis mellium
mellum
dative mellī mellibus
accusative mel mella
ablative melle mellibus
vocative mel mella
  • Note that the ablative singular melle has the alternative form melli.

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Descendants

References


Lojban

Rafsi

mel

  1. rafsi of melbi.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫl

Alternative forms

Noun

mel n (definite singular melet)

  1. flour

Derived terms

References


Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mel (honey), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid (honey).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛl/

Noun

mel m

  1. honey

Descendants

  • Galician: mel
  • Portuguese: mel

Portuguese

mel

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mel (honey), from Latin mel (honey), from Proto-Indo-European *mélid (honey). Compare Catalan mel, French miel, Italian miele, Romanian miere, Spanish miel.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛw/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɫ/
  • Hyphenation: mel
  • Rhymes: -ɛw

Noun

mel m (plural meles or méis)

  1. honey

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mel.

Derived terms


Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mel (honey).

Noun

mel m (plural mels)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun) honey
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun) jam

Synonyms


Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from French mer (sea), with the 'r' turned into 'l'.

Noun

mel (plural mels)

  1. sea

Declension