Mel Definition

mel

English

Etymology

From Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel (uncountable)

1. honey

Anagrams

• elm
• LEM, L.E.M.
• MLE

Albanian

Noun

mel m.

1. millet

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛl/, X-SAMPA: /mEl/

Noun

mel m.

1. honey

Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

mel f. (plural mels)

1. honey

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

Dhuwal

Noun

mel

1. eye

Galician

Etymology

From Latin mel.

Noun

mel m. (plural meles)

1. honey

Gothic

Romanization

mēl

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻

Latin

Etymology

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

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

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

Lojban

Rafsi

mel

1. Rafsi of melbi.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mjøl (also Nynorsk)

Noun

mel n.

1. flour

Derived terms

• melaktig

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: [mɛw]
• (Portugal) IPA: [mɛɫ]

Noun

mel m. (plural meles or méis)

1. honey

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

mel m. (plural mels)

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

Synonyms

• (honey): mel d'avieuls

Volapük

Etymology

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

Noun

mel (plural mels)

1. sea

Declension

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