Mel

See also Mel, mél, and měl

English

Etymology

From Latin mel (“‘honey’”).

Noun

Singular Mel

Plural -

Mel (-)

1. honey

Anagrams

• elm,
• LEM, L.E.M.
• MLE

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Albanian

Noun

mel m.

1. millet

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Breton

Pronunciation

• [[w:Template:Br phonology|IPA]]: /mɛl/, SAMPA: /mEl/

Noun

mel m.

1. honey

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mel (“‘honey’”). Compare French miel, Italian miele, Portuguese mel, Romanian miere, Spanish miel.

Noun

mel f.

1. honey

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₁- (“‘to grind, rub, break up’”).

Noun

Mel n. (singular definite Melet, not used in plural form)

1. flour

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Dhuwal

Noun

mel

1. eye

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin mel.

Noun

Mel m. (plural meles)

1. honey

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mélh₁-it-. Cognates include Ancient Greek μέλι (meli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), and possibly Old Armenian [[մեղր#Template:Xcl|մեղր]] (mełr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /mel/

Noun

mel (genitive mellis); n, third declension

1. honey
   • c. 254-184 BCE — Plautus, Truculentus, 2.4.20

     hoc est melle dulci dulcius

     This is honey sweeter than sweet honey.

2. (figuratively) sweetness, pleasantness
   • c. 35-100 AD — 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. 254-184 BCE — Plautus, Bacchides, 18

     cor meum spes mea / mel meum suavitudo cibus gaudium

     My heart, my hope, my honey, sweetness, food delight.

Inflection

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• Note that the ablative singular melle has the alternative form melli.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

melculum melinus mella mellāceum mellārius

melleus melliculus mellifer mellifex mellificus

mellifluēns mellifluus melliger mellīgō

mellinia mellītus mellō mellōsus

Related terms

melina mellārium mellātiō melliculum

mellificium mellificō mellilla mellītulus

Descendants

Asturian: miel Breton: [[mel#Template:Br|mel]] Catalan: mel English: mel French: miel Galician: mel

Italian: miele Occitan: mèl Portuguese: mel Romanian: miere Spanish: miel

References

• “Mel” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Norwegian

Noun

mel m.

1. flour

Derived terms

• melaktig

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mel (“‘honey’”). Compare Catalan mel, French miel, Italian miele, Romanian miere, Spanish miel.

Noun

mel m.

1. honey

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