mielo

Esperanto

Etymology

Romance terms such as French and Spanish miel, ultimately going back at least as far as Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈelo/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧e‧lo

Noun

mielo (accusative singular mielon, plural mieloj, accusative plural mielojn)

  1. honey

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto mielo, Spanish miel, French miel and Italian miele.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi̯e.lo/

Noun

mielo (plural mieli)

  1. honey
    • Juergen Viol (tr.), La Evangelio segun Markus, I 6, page 2.
      Ioanes ma esis vestizita per kamelhari e portis ledra zono cirkum lua lumbi, ed il manjis lokusti e sovaja mielo.
      Now John was dressed in camelhair and wore a leather girdle round his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
  2. (figuratively) sweetness

Derived terms

  • mielala (“honeyed, melliferous”)
  • mieloza (“honeyed, melliferous”)
  • mielatra (“honeyed, melliferous”)
  • mielifar (“to produce honey”)
  • mielaquo (“hydromel, mead”)
  • mielkuko (“gingerbread”)
  • mielmixuro (“oxymel: a mixture of vinegar and honey”)
  • mieltempo (“honeymoon”)

Spanish

Verb

mielo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of melar.
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