mélasse

See also: melasse, Melasse, and mêlasse

French

Etymology

Medieval Latin mellācea, mellāceum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.las/

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Noun

mélasse f (plural mélasses)

1. molasses
2. treacle
3. (figuratively) a sticky situation

   être dans la mélasse ― to be in a sticky situation

Derived terms

• dans la mélasse
• mélassique

Related terms

• miel

Descendants

• → Italian: melassa
• → Ottoman Turkish: مه‌لاس (melas)
  • Turkish: melas
• → Romanian: melasă

Further reading

• “mélasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012