"melée" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: melées [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French mêlée. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|mêlée}} Borrowed from French mêlée Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} melée (countable and uncountable, plural melées)
  1. Rare spelling of melee. Tags: alt-of, countable, rare, uncountable Alternative form of: melee Translations (melee): melée [feminine] (Spanish), melé [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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