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mel¹

  • /mɛl/

Sounds like Mel, mell · Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

Shortening of melody.

noun mels

  1. A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.

mel²

  • /mɛl/

Sounds like Mel, mell · Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

From Latin mel (“honey”). Doublet of mell.

noun

  1. uncountable Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.

Mel³

  • /mɛl/ US, UK

Sounds like mel, MEL, Mehl, Mell, Melle · Rhymes with -ɛl

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Melchior, Melchor, Melech, Melfyn, Melhem, Melindro, Meliton, Melville, Melvin, and Melvyn.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Amelia, Carmel, Melania, Melanie, Melantha, Melanthe, Melika, Melike, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melita, Melitta, and Melody.

Mel⁴

  • /mɛl/ US, UK

Sounds like mel, MEL, Mehl, Mell, Melle · Rhymes with -ɛl

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Mel⁵

  • /mɛl/ US, UK

Sounds like mel, MEL, Mehl, Mell, Melle · Rhymes with -ɛl

proper noun

  1. A language family, a branch of Atlantic-Congo, spoken from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia.

Mel⁶

  • /mɛl/ US, UK

Sounds like mel, MEL, Mehl, Mell, Melle · Rhymes with -ɛl

proper noun

  1. A variety of the Mel-Khaonh language, a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.

Mel⁷

  • /mɛl/ US, UK

Sounds like mel, MEL, Mehl, Mell, Melle · Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian and Venetan Mel.

proper noun

  1. A frazione and former comune of Belluno, Veneto, Italy.

MEL⁸

noun MELs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of minimum/minimal equipment list. The list of the minimum of operational equipment allowed for continued operation of the device equipping the equipment; by extension, the set of such equipment.
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of miscellaneous equipment load

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: e-mail, email, mail, mui, hope, miles, mile, lem, mill, mustapha, honey, maire, mustafa, mostafa, melvin, lme

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MLA

"mel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mel

Chicago

"mel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mel.

BibTeX
@misc{mel_2026,
  title = {mel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}