mel

Meaning

1. (declension-3, neuter) honey
2. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) sweetness, pleasantness
3. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) darling, sweet, honey

Concepts

honey

🍯

mel

Toblerone

Synonyms

mel mellis

Translations

miel

🍯

Honig

🍯

miel

🍯

mel

🍯

miele

🍯

honing

🍯

mel

🍯

bal

🍯

μέλι

عسل

mèl

honig

Bienenhonig

mèu

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmɛɫ]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mel-it (“honey”), with the athematic suffix *-it that indicates comestible substances (compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰ-it (“barley”) or Proto-Indo-European *sép-it (“wheat”)). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέλι (méli), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 (miliþ), Old Armenian մեղր (mełr), Hittite [script needed] (milit), Luwian [script needed] (mallit-).