mêl

From Late Latin mēlum, from Latin mālum. Compare Romansch mail, Romanian măr.

mêl m (plural mêi)

1. apple (fruit)

• miluç

• melâr
• miluçâr

From Latin malu(m) (“bad”), accusative of Latin malus (“bad”).

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mêl m (feminine mêla, masculine plural mél, feminine plural mêli)

1. bad, evil, wicked, ill

   Mêla fèmna.

   Bad girl.

2. sad

mêl m (plural mél)

1. wrong, bad, evil

   Ad mêl in pèẓ.

   From bad to worse.

mêl (comparative pèẓ, superlative malèsom)

1. badly, wrong, wrongly

mêl

1. used to express blame, reproach: that's bad!, that's too bad!

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 368

mêl m

1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of mel (“honey, jam”)

From Middle Welsh mel, from Old Welsh mel, from Proto-Brythonic *mel, from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid.

• IPA^(key): /meːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

mêl m (uncountable)

1. honey

• dil mêl (“honeycomb”)
• gwenyn mêl (“honey bees”)
• mêl gwyllt (“wild honey”)
• mêl hidl (“clarified honey”)
• melanog, melbib (“cowslip”)
• mis mêl (“honeymoon”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mêl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies