melassa

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Catalan

Etymology

From mel +‎ -assa. Compare French mélasse, Spanish melaza.

Pronunciation

Noun

melassa f (plural melasses)

  1. molasses

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

melassa

  1. inessive singular of mela

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French mélasse, from Spanish melaza, from Late Latin mellāceus (“honeylike, honey-sweet”), from Latin mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈlas.sa/
  • Rhymes: -assa
  • Hyphenation: me‧làs‧sa

Noun

melassa f (plural melasse)

  1. molasses, treacle

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