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Mel

//mɛl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given names Melchior, Melchor, Melech, Melfyn, Melhem, Melindro, Melville, Melvin, or Melvyn.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A language family, a branch of Atlantic-Congo, spoken from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia.
  4. 4
    A variety of the Mel-Khaonh language, a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.
  5. 5
    A frazione and former comune of Belluno, Veneto, Italy.
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  1. 6
    A diminutive of the female given names Amelia, Carmel, Melania, Melanie, Melantha, Melanthe, Melika, Melike, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melita, Melitta, or Melody.
Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
  2. 2
    Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products. uncountable
  3. 3
    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. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of miscellaneous equipment load. abbreviation, alt-of

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortening of melody.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian and Venetan Mel.

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