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Icelandic
Etymology
Unclear.
Pronunciation
Noun
mella f (genitive singular mellu, nominative plural mellur)
- whore, hooker
- Synonym: vændiskona
Declension
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From mel (“honey”).
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Pronunciation
Noun
mella
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mel
Noun
mella f (genitive mellae); first declension
- honey-water
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “mella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “mella”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic مَلَّة (malla).
Pronunciation
Noun
mella f (plural melliet)
- disgust
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmeʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈmeʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmeʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmeʒa/
Etymology 1
Deverbal from mellar.
Noun
mella f (plural mellas)
- nick, dent, scratch
- impression
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
mella
- inflection of mellar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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