"melee" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛˌleɪ/ [UK], /ˈmɛ.li/ [UK], /ˈmeɪˌleɪ/ [US], /meɪˈleɪ/ [US], /ˈmɛˌleɪ/ [US], /məˈleɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-melee.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛleɪ, -ɛli Etymology: Borrowed from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, feminine past participle of mesler (“to mix”), derived from Latin misceō (“mix”). Doublet of medley. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|fr|mêlée}} French mêlée, {{der|en|fro|meslee}} Old French meslee, {{m|fro|mesler||to mix}} mesler (“to mix”), {{der|en|la|misceō||mix}} Latin misceō (“mix”), {{doublet|en|medley}} Doublet of medley Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} melee (not comparable)
  1. (gaming) Of a weapon: used in close-range combat. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Gaming
    Sense id: en-melee-en-adj-CuMWCB57 Topics: games, gaming
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mêlée, melée

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛˌleɪ/ [UK], /ˈmɛ.li/ [UK], /ˈmeɪˌleɪ/ [US], /meɪˈleɪ/ [US], /ˈmɛˌleɪ/ [US], /məˈleɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-melee.ogg [US] Forms: melees [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛleɪ, -ɛli Etymology: Borrowed from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, feminine past participle of mesler (“to mix”), derived from Latin misceō (“mix”). Doublet of medley. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|fr|mêlée}} French mêlée, {{der|en|fro|meslee}} Old French meslee, {{m|fro|mesler||to mix}} mesler (“to mix”), {{der|en|la|misceō||mix}} Latin misceō (“mix”), {{doublet|en|medley}} Doublet of medley Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} melee (countable and uncountable, plural melees)
  1. (especially military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling. Tags: countable, especially, uncountable Categories (topical): Gaming, Military Translations (Hand-to-hand combat): شجار (Arabic), ръкопашен бой (rǎkopašen boj) (Bulgarian), 近战 (jìnzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), potyčka [feminine] (Czech), rvačka [feminine] (Czech), pranice [feminine] (Czech), nærkamp [common-gender] (Danish), käsikähmä (Finnish), lähitaistelu (Finnish), Handgemenge [neuter] (German), Nahkampf [masculine] (German), Händel [neuter] (German), Schlägerei [feminine] (German), Rauferei [feminine] (German), Prügelei [masculine] (German), combattimento corpo a corpo [masculine] (Italian), 接近戦 (sekkinsen) (Japanese), nonoketanga (Maori), پرخاش (perhaş) (Ottoman Turkish), walka wręcz [feminine] (Polish), combate corpo-a-corpo [Brazil] (Portuguese), рукопашная (rukopašnaja) [feminine] (Russian), схва́тка (sxvátka) [feminine] (Russian), borba prsa o prsa [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), potýčka [feminine] (Slovak), bitka [feminine] (Slovak), närstrid [masculine] (Swedish), närkamp [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (battle fought at close range): šarvátka [feminine] (Czech), potyčka (Czech), håndgemæng [neuter] (Danish), sammenstød [neuter] (Danish), Nahkampf [masculine] (German), borba prsa u prsa (Serbo-Croatian), šarvátka [feminine] (Slovak), potýčka [feminine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-melee-en-noun-XmmoPUJK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 32 2 18 5 9 10 22 Topics: games, gaming, government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'Hand-to-hand combat': 67 4 5 12 7 5 Disambiguation of 'battle fought at close range': 76 2 8 3 5 5
  2. A loud, confused or tumultuous fight, argument or scrap. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument): vřava [feminine] (Czech), mela [feminine] (Czech), Gewühl [neuter] (German), Gedränge [neuter] (German), Rauferei [feminine] (German), Keilerei [feminine] (German), Tumult [masculine] (German), Getümmel [masculine] (German), перепа́лка (perepálka) [feminine] (Russian), mela [feminine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-melee-en-noun-w0UlWhFZ Disambiguation of 'noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument': 2 52 40 5 1 1
  3. Any confused, disorganised, disordered or chaotic situation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-melee-en-noun-JakzInVk
  4. Lively contention or debate, skirmish. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (lively contention or debate): hádka [feminine] (Czech), Streit [neuter] (German), Gezänk [neuter] (German), Hickhack [neuter] (German), стычка (styčka) [feminine] (Russian), hádka [feminine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-melee-en-noun-iZ4vly3F Disambiguation of 'lively contention or debate': 7 5 3 77 5 3
  5. (military, historical) A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-melee-en-noun-X5j97hfQ Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. Small cut and polished gemstones sold in lots. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-melee-en-noun-wGzMdRR5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mêlée, melée

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɛˌleɪ/ [UK], /ˈmɛ.li/ [UK], /ˈmeɪˌleɪ/ [US], /meɪˈleɪ/ [US], /ˈmɛˌleɪ/ [US], /məˈleɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-melee.ogg [US] Forms: melees [present, singular, third-person], meleeing [participle, present], meleed [participle, past], meleed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛleɪ, -ɛli Etymology: Borrowed from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, feminine past participle of mesler (“to mix”), derived from Latin misceō (“mix”). Doublet of medley. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*meyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|fr|mêlée}} French mêlée, {{der|en|fro|meslee}} Old French meslee, {{m|fro|mesler||to mix}} mesler (“to mix”), {{der|en|la|misceō||mix}} Latin misceō (“mix”), {{doublet|en|medley}} Doublet of medley Head templates: {{en-verb}} melee (third-person singular simple present melees, present participle meleeing, simple past and past participle meleed)
  1. (video games, slang) To physically hit in close quarters, as opposed to shooting, blowing up, or other ranged means of damage. Often refers to the usage of a hand-to-hand weapon. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-melee-en-verb-KhTfEOHc Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mêlée, melée

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "sv",
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          "word": "håndgemæng"
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          "ref": "2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC",
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          "word": "vřava"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mela"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 52 40 5 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Gewühl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 52 40 5 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Gedränge"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Rauferei"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Keilerei"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Tumult"
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          "ref": "2019 April 28, Alex McLevy, “Game Of Thrones Suffers the Fog of War in the Battle against the Dead (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-05-31",
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          "text": "Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese, the students, being themselves bilingually fluent, were able to navigate with perfect ease in communicative contexts where the provenance of a certain term or expression matters little.",
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      "roman": "jìnzhàn",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "word": "近战"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "nærkamp"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "word": "käsikähmä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "word": "lähitaistelu"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Handgemenge"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nahkampf"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Händel"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlägerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rauferei"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Prügelei"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "word": "接近戦"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "word": "nonoketanga"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "word": "پرخاش"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "walka wręcz"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "combate corpo-a-corpo"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "рукопашная"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "схва́тка"
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      "word": "borba prsa o prsa"
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      "word": "potýčka"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
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      "word": "bitka"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Hand-to-hand combat",
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      "word": "närstrid"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "battle fought at close range",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "battle fought at close range",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "battle fought at close range",
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      "word": "sammenstød"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vřava"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Rauferei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Keilerei"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
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      "word": "Tumult"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
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      "word": "Getümmel"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "перепа́лка"
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      "audio": "en-us-melee.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/En-us-melee.ogg/En-us-melee.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/En-us-melee.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mêlée"
    },
    {
      "word": "melée"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melee"
}

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