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Definitions and meaning of mel

mel

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Homophones: Mel, mell

Etymology 1

Shortening of melody.

Noun

mel (plural mels)

  1. (psychoacoustics) A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.

Further reading

  • Mel scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Latin mel (“honey”). Doublet of mell.

Noun

mel (uncountable)

  1. Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.

Anagrams

  • EML, Elm, L.E.M., LEM, Lem, MLE, elm

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin milium.

Pronunciation

Noun

mel m (definite meli)

  1. common 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɛl]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.

Noun

mel f (plural mels)

  1. honey
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin mēlum, variant of mālum (“apple”).

Noun

mel m (plural mels)

  1. (Balearic, anatomy) cheekbone
    Synonym: pòmul

Etymology 3

Pronoun

mel

  1. (archaic) contraction of me el (in medieval Catalan, nowadays written as me'l)

Further reading

  • “mel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “mel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “mel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “mel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈméːɬ]

Noun

mēl inan

  1. second-person singular possessive singular of ēlli; (it is) your liver.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mel, 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

Derived terms

Mutation

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛl]

Verb

mel

  1. second-person singular imperative of mlít

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”). Related to male (“grind, crush”), mølle (“mill”) (via Latin), and to muld (“soil”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. flour

Declension

Further reading

  • “mel” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “mel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dhuwal

Noun

mel

  1. eye

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mel, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛl]

Noun

mel m (plural meles)

  1. honey

Derived terms

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

mēl

  1. romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻

Istriot

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.

Noun

mel

  1. honey

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1159: “il miele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mel-it (“honey”), with the athematic suffix *-it that indicates comestible substances (compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰ-it (“barley”) or Proto-Indo-European *sép-it (“wheat”)). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέλι (méli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), Old Armenian մեղր (mełr), Hittite [script needed] (milit), Luwian [script needed] (mallit-).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɛɫ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛl]

Noun

mel n (genitive mellis); third declension

  1. honey
  2. (figuratively) sweetness, pleasantness
  3. (figuratively, term of endearment) darling, sweet, honey

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, i-stem).

Synonyms

  • (darling, honey): mellītus
  • (sweetness): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mellinia

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *melem m or f (see there for further descendants)

References

  • “mel”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mel”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mel in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Malay

Etymology

From English mail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmel/ [ˈmel]

Noun

mél (Jawi spelling ميل, plural mel-mel)

  1. (uncommon, mostly in compounds) mail
    Synonyms: pos, surat

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mel” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • mele, melle
  • mal, male, meyle (chiefly Northern)
  • mæl, mæle, meal (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English mǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛːl/

Noun

mel (plural meles)

  1. A time, occasion or event.
  2. The occasion when a meal is consumed; mealtime.
  3. A meal or feast.

Descendants

  • English: meal
  • Scots: meal
  • Yola: meale, mele
  • → Irish: béile

References

  • “mēl, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • mjøl (also Nynorsk)

Etymology

From Danish mel, from Old Norse mjǫl.

Noun

mel n (definite singular melet)

  1. flour, meal

Derived terms

  • beinmel
  • fiskemel
  • hvetemel
  • melaktig

References

  • “mel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mel

  1. present of mala

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mel, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛl/

Noun

mel m (uncountable)

  1. honey

Descendants

  • Galician: mel
  • Portuguese: mel

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mel[[:>:|:>:]]”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “mel”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mel, from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélit.

Noun

mel m

  1. honey

Descendants

  • Middle Welsh: mel
    • Welsh: mêl

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mel, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.

Compare Galician mel m, Spanish miel f.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Homophone: mele (Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: mel

Noun

mel m (plural méis or meles)

  1. honey
    Synonym: mel-de-abelha
  2. (chiefly Cape Verde, Madeira, São Tomé and Príncipe) molasses
    Synonyms: mel-de-cana, melaço

Usage notes

  • In many regions where the sugar industry is or was of particular importance, the word mel without any adjectives often refers to molasses, which most other dialects call melaço or mel-de-cana (literally, “cane sugar”) instead. In those regions, bee's honey is often specifically called mel-de-abelha.

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English mel.

Noun

mel m (plural meli)

  1. mel

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • mèl (Sursilvan)
  • meal (Sutsilvan)
  • mêl (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *melem m, from Latin mel n.

Noun

mel m (plural mels)

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

Synonyms

  • (honey): mel d'avieuls

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1159: “il miele” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French mer (“sea”), with the 'r' turned into 'l'.

Noun

mel (nominative plural mels)

  1. sea

Declension


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