"mêlée" meaning in French

See mêlée in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛ.le/, /me.le/ Audio: Fr-mêlée-fr-Paris.ogg Forms: mêlées [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French meslee, older meslede, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō, derived from Latin misceō. By surface analysis, mêl- + -ée. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|meslee|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French meslee, {{inh+|fr|fro|meslee}} Inherited from Old French meslee, {{der|fr|ML.|misculō}} Medieval Latin misculō, {{der|fr|la|misceō}} Latin misceō, {{surf|fr|mêl-|-ée}} By surface analysis, mêl- + -ée Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mêlée f (plural mêlées)
  1. fray, brawl, fight, melee (especially disorganized) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mêlée-fr-noun-mkD2LL~-
  2. (rugby) scrum Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Rugby
    Sense id: en-mêlée-fr-noun-CZrwUrdb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French links with redundant wikilinks, French terms suffixed with -ée Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 82 7 Disambiguation of French links with redundant wikilinks: 9 83 7 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ée: 15 51 33 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports

Verb

IPA: /mɛ.le/, /me.le/ Audio: Fr-mêlée-fr-Paris.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French meslee, older meslede, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō, derived from Latin misceō. By surface analysis, mêl- + -ée. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|meslee|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French meslee, {{inh+|fr|fro|meslee}} Inherited from Old French meslee, {{der|fr|ML.|misculō}} Medieval Latin misculō, {{der|fr|la|misceō}} Latin misceō, {{surf|fr|mêl-|-ée}} By surface analysis, mêl- + -ée Head templates: {{head|fr|past participle form|g=f-s}} mêlée f sg
  1. feminine singular of mêlé Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, singular Form of: mêlé Derived forms: demi de mêlée
    Sense id: en-mêlée-fr-verb-bSUCP3GR

Inflected forms

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