Melissa
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “honey bee”) (compare Melissa), which in turn comes from μέλι (méli, “honey”).
Proper noun
Melissa f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Melissa officinalis - type species; Melissa axillaris, Melissa bicornis, Melissa flava, Melissa yunnanensis - other species
References
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- Melissa at USDA Plants database
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, honeybee”)
- In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maoilíosa "servant of Jesus".
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈlɪsə/
- Rhymes: -ɪsə
Proper noun
Melissa
- (Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
- A female given name. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
Quotations
- 1596 Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene. Book 6, Canto XII:
- And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight
- Appointed to attend her dewly day and night
- 1841 Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop. Chapman and Hall 1841. page 123:
- Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
- 1959 Nicholas Blake: The Widow's Cruise. page 9:
- - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
- "Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.
Translations
female given name
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Melissa
- A female given name, cognate to Melissa.
German
Proper noun
Melissa
- A female given name, cognate to Melissa.
Italian
Proper noun
Melissa f
- A female given name, cognate to Melissa.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Melissa, from Ancient Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa), from μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ˈli.sɐ/
Proper noun
Melissa f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
- (Greek mythology) Melissa (nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey)
Swedish
Proper noun
Melissa c (genitive Melissas)
- A female given name, cognate to Melissa.
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