melas

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See also: mêlas, mēļas, mēļās, and MELAS

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, dark, black).

Adjective

melas

  1. (taxonomy) dark (in colour), black

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English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, black).

Noun

melas (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
  2. (medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma.
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Etymology 2

Noun

melas

  1. plural of mela

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (false, bad).

Pronunciation

Noun

mẽlas m (plural melaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. lie

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Portuguese

Verb

melas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of melar

Spanish

Noun

melas f pl

  1. plural of mela