mel

Etymology

Shortening of melody.

Noun

mel (plural mels)

1. (psychoacoustics) A common scale of pitches that are perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another, or one unit on that scale.

Anagrams

• EML, L.E.M., LEM, Lem, MLE, elm

Etymology

From Latin milium.

Noun

mel m (definite singular meli)

1. millet

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

Etymology

From Old Occitan 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

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

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mel

1. thousand

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

Noun

mel

1. eye

Etymology

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

Noun

mel m (plural meles)

1. honey

Romanization

mēl

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻

Etymology

From Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel

1. honey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mel/, [mɛɫ]

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.

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • somebody's darling: mel ac deliciae alicuius (Fam. 8. 8. 1)
    

Alternative forms

• melle

Etymology

From Old English mǣl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːl/

Noun

mel (plural mels)

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

Alternative forms

• mjøl (also Nynorsk)

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫl

Noun

mel n (definite singular melet)

1. flour

References

• “mel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Verb

mel

1. present tense of mala

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛl/

Noun

mel m

1. honey
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 278 (facsimile):

     […] que ſon mais doceſ ca mel […]

     […] which are sweeter than honey […]

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

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel m (plural mels)

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

Etymology

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

Noun

mel (plural mels)

1. sea

Etymology

From Old Norse merðr, merð, whence also Norwegian merd, Finnish merta and Swedish mjärde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²meːɽ/

  Rhymes: -èːɽ

Noun

mel n (definite singular mele)

1. (fishing) part of the fish trap, wherein the fish are trapped
2. sound, strait