"Mel" meaning in All languages combined

See Mel on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mel
  1. Short form of female given names such as Melanie, Melinda, Melissa, Melina, Melody and Carmel. Categories (topical): English diminutives of female given names
    Sense id: en-Mel-en-name-3RoMGsrZ Disambiguation of English diminutives of female given names: 52 30 18
  2. Short form of the male given names Melvin, Melvyn and Melchor. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names
    Sense id: en-Mel-en-name-octE5uB7 Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 34 45 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-prop}} Mel
  1. A language family, a branch of Atlantic-Congo, spoken from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia. Categories (topical): Language families
    Sense id: en-Mel-en-name-o5xpPFqM Disambiguation of Language families: 20 16 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 18 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 19 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 16 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for Mel meaning in All languages combined (2.8kB)

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