Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 140417 6505693 2009-04-30T07:07:16Z SemperBlotto 3336 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/68.111.210.150|68.111.210.150]] ([[User_talk:68.111.210.150|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Makaokalani|Makaokalani]] {{also|melissa|Mélissa}} ==English== ===Etymology=== From the {{etyl|grc}} [[μέλισσα]] (''mélissa''), meaning "[[bee]]", "[[honey]]", "[[honeybee]]". * In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name ''[[Maolíosa]]'' "servant of Jesus". ===Pronunciation=== * {{rhymes|ɪsə}} ===Proper noun=== {{wikipedia}} {{en-proper noun}} # {{greekmyth}} [[bee|Bee]]-[[nymph]] in Greek mythology. # {{given name|female|from=Ancient Greek}}. 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==== {{trans-top|female given name}} * Danish: {{t-|da|Melissa}} * French: {{t-|fr|Mélissa}} * German: {{t+|de|Melissa}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|Melissa}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|Melissa}} {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==Danish== ===Proper noun=== {{infl|da|proper noun}} # {{given name|female|lang=da}}, cognate to [[#English|Melissa]]. ---- ==German== ===Proper noun=== {{infl|de|proper noun}} # {{given name|female|lang=de}}, cognate to [[#English|Melissa]]. ---- ==Italian== ===Proper noun=== {{it-proper noun}} {{f}} # {{given name|female|lang=it}}, cognate to [[#English|Melissa]]. ---- ==Swedish== ===Proper noun=== {{infl|sv|proper noun}} # {{given name|female|lang=sv}}, cognate to [[#English|Melissa]]. [[de:Melissa]] [[it:Melissa]] [[sr:Melissa]] [[tr:Melissa]]