"mela" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈme.la/ Forms: mele [plural], melétta [diminutive], melìna [diminutive], melóna [augmentative], melàccia [pejorative]
Rhymes: -ela Etymology: From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|LL.|mēla}} Late Latin mēla, {{m|LL.|mēlum}} mēlum, {{der|it|la|mālum}} Latin mālum, {{der|it|grc-dor|μᾶλον||apple}} Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”), {{m|grc|μῆλον}} μῆλον (mêlon) Head templates: {{it-noun|f|aug=melóna|dim=melétta,melìna|end_derog=melùccia,melùzza|pej=melàccia}} mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)
  1. apple (fruit) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Fruits Synonyms: pomo
    Sense id: en-mela-it-noun-goQPea4J Disambiguation of Fruits: 67 33 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 78 22
  2. (colloquial, slang) buttock, butt cheek Tags: colloquial, feminine, slang
    Sense id: en-mela-it-noun-jGiFIRn~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mela cotogna (english: quince), mela della discordia (english: apple of discord), mela librale (english: type of large apple), mela selvatica (english: crab apple) Related terms: melagrana, melata, meleto, melo, melone

Inflected forms

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      "english": "quince",
      "word": "mela cotogna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "apple of discord",
      "word": "mela della discordia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "type of large apple",
      "word": "mela librale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "crab apple",
      "word": "mela selvatica"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mālum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mālum",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "apple"
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      "expansion": "Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”)",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mele",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melétta",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melìna",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melóna",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melàccia",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "pej": "melàccia"
      },
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      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mé‧la"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "melagrana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "melata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meleto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "melo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "melone"
    }
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          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Fruits",
          "orig": "it:Fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
        [
          "apple",
          "apple"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pomo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        "buttock, butt cheek"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "buttock",
          "buttock"
        ],
        [
          "butt cheek",
          "butt cheek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, slang) buttock, butt cheek"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.la/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ela"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "it:mela"
  ],
  "word": "mela"
}
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    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Doric Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ela",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ela/2 syllables",
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    {
      "english": "quince",
      "word": "mela cotogna"
    },
    {
      "english": "apple of discord",
      "word": "mela della discordia"
    },
    {
      "english": "type of large apple",
      "word": "mela librale"
    },
    {
      "english": "crab apple",
      "word": "mela selvatica"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin mālum",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "grc-dor",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      },
      "expansion": "μῆλον (mêlon)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mele",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melétta",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melìna",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melóna",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melàccia",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "aug": "melóna",
        "dim": "melétta,melìna",
        "end_derog": "melùccia,melùzza",
        "pej": "melàccia"
      },
      "expansion": "mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mé‧la"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "melagrana"
    },
    {
      "word": "melata"
    },
    {
      "word": "meleto"
    },
    {
      "word": "melo"
    },
    {
      "word": "melone"
    }
  ],
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        "apple (fruit)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apple",
          "apple"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pomo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "Italian colloquialisms",
        "Italian slang"
      ],
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        "buttock, butt cheek"
      ],
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          "buttock"
        ],
        [
          "butt cheek",
          "butt cheek"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial, slang) buttock, butt cheek"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.la/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ela"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "mela"
}
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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mela",
  "trace": ""
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