"mel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɛl/ Forms: mels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: Shortening of melody. Etymology templates: {{m|en|melody}} melody Head templates: {{en-noun}} mel (plural mels)
  1. (psychoacoustics) A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
    Sense id: en-mel-en-noun-WjxY-97D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɛl/
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From Latin mel (“honey”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|mel||honey}} Latin mel (“honey”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mel (uncountable)
  1. Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-mel-en-noun-OXh~sGpc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mel meaning in English (1.7kB)

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