mel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 2 Albanian 2.1 Noun 3 Breton 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Catalan 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Danish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Dhuwal 6.1 Noun 7 Galician 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Latin 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Noun 8.3.1 Inflection 8.3.2 Synonyms 8.3.3 Derived terms 8.3.4 Related terms 8.3.5 Descendants 8.4 References 9 Norwegian 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Derived terms 10 Portuguese 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mel (“‘honey’”).

[edit] Noun

mel (uncountable)

1. honey

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Noun

mel m.

1. millet

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛl/, SAMPA: /mEl/

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mel m.

1. honey

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

mel f.

1. honey

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₁- (“‘to grind, rub, break up’”).

[edit] Noun

mel n. (singular definite melet, not used in plural form)

1. flour

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[edit] Dhuwal

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mel

1. eye

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Etymology

From Latin mel.

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mel m. (plural meles)

1. honey

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mélh₁-it-. Cognates include Ancient Greek μέλι (meli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), and possibly Old Armenian մեղր (mełr).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /mel/

[edit] 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.

[edit] Inflection

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

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

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

melina mellārium mellātiō melliculum

mellificium mellificō mellilla mellītulus

[edit] Descendants

Asturian: miel Breton: mel Catalan: mel English: mel French: miel Galician: mel

Italian: miele Occitan: mèl Portuguese: mel Romanian: miere Spanish: miel

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

mel m.

1. flour

[edit] Derived terms

• melaktig

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

mel m.

1. honey