mele

See also Mele, mêle, mêlé, melē, mēle, and melee

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mele, from Old English mǣl (“talk, conversation”).

Noun

mele (plural meles)

1. Alternative form of mell.

Etymology 2

From Middle English melen, from Old English mǣlan (“to speak, talk”).

Verb

mele (third-person singular simple present meles, present participle meling, simple past and past participle meled)

1. Alternative form of mell.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /meːlə/, [ˈmeːlə]

Verb

mele (imperative mel, infinitive at mele, present tense meler, past tense melede, past participle har melet)

1. flour (to apply flour to something)

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Gothic

Romanization

mēlē

1. See 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴

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Hawaiian

Noun

mele

1. chant, song, poem

Verb

mele

1. (transitive) to sing, chant
2. (stative) to be yellow
3. (stative) to be merry

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986

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Italian

Noun

mele f

1. Plural form of mela - apples

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Latvian

Etymology

From melis (“liar”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

Noun

mele f, 5th declension, masculine form: melis

1. (female) liar, deceiver (someone who is tells lies, who deceives others)

   nekaunīga mele — shameless (female) liar

Declension

declension of mele

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	mele	meles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	meli	meles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	meles	meļu
dative (datīvs)	melei	melēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	meli	melēm
locative (lokatīvs)	melē	melēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	mele	meles

Derived terms

• melīgs, melīgums

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mjøle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /¹meːlə/
• Rhymes: -¹eːlə

Etymology

From mel (“flour”)

Verb

mele

1. flour (to apply flour to something)

Inflection

    Conjugation of mele in Bokmål

Inflection 1

Infinitive active	mele
Infinitive passive	meles
Present active	meler
Present passive	meles
Past	melte
Present participle	melende
Past participle	melt
Imperative	mel

Inflection 2

Infinitive active	mele
Infinitive passive	meles
Present active	meler
Present passive	meles
Past	[[#Norwegian|]]
Present participle	ende
Past participle	[[#Norwegian|]]
Imperative	mele

Related terms

• meling

References

• “mele” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• “mele” in The Ordnett Dictionary

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈme.le]

Pronoun

mele

1. feminine plural form of meu
2. neuter plural form of meu