mel

See also Mel, mél, and měl

English

Etymology

From Latin mel (“honey”).

Noun

mel (uncountable)

1. honey

Anagrams

• elm
• LEM, L.E.M.
• MLE

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Albanian

Etymology

From Latin milium.

Noun

mel m

1. millet

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Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛl/, X-SAMPA: /mEl/

Noun

mel m

1. honey

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

mel f (plural mels)

1. honey

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin mīlle.

Numeral

mel

1. thousand

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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

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Dhuwal

Noun

mel

1. eye

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin mel.

Noun

mel m (plural meles)

1. honey

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Gothic

Romanization

mēl

1. See 𐌼𐌴𐌻

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Latin

Etymology

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

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mel	mella
genitive	mellis	mellium, mellum
dative	mellī	mellibus
accusative	mel	mella
ablative	melle	mellibus
vocative	mel	mella

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

melculum melinus mella mellāceum mellārius

melleus melliculus mellifer mellifex mellificus

mellifluēns mellifluus melliger mellīgō

mellinia mellītus mellō mellōsus

Related terms

• melina
• mellārium
• mellātiō
• melliculum

• mellificium
• mellificō
• mellilla
• mellītulus

Descendants

• Aromanian: njare
• Asturian: miel
• Breton: mel
• Catalan: mel
• Dalmatian: mil
• English: mel
• French: miel
• Friulian: mîl
• Galician: mel

• Italian: miele
• Jèrriais: myi
• Occitan: mèl
• Portuguese: mel
• Romanian: miere
• Romansch: mel
• Sardinian: mele
• Siclian: meli
• Spanish: miel

References

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

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Lojban

Rafsi

mel

1. rafsi of melbi.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mjøl (also Nynorsk)

Noun

mel n

1. flour

Derived terms

• melaktig

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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

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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

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Volapük

Etymology

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

Noun

mel (plural mels)

1. sea

Declension

declension of mel

	singular	plural
nominative	mel	mels
genitive	mela	melas
dative	mele	meles
accusative	meli	melis
predicative	melu	melus
vocative	o mel!	o mels!