"mel" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛw/ [Brazil], [ˈmɛʊ̯] [Brazil], /ˈmɛl/ [Portugal], [ˈmɛɫ] [Portugal], /ˈmɛl/ [Portugal], [ˈmɛɫ] [Portugal], /ˈmɛ.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Audio: Pt-mel.ogg Forms: méis [plural], meles [plural]
Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mel, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n. Compare Galician mel m, Spanish miel f. Etymology templates: {{dercat|pt|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|mel|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese mel, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|mel}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mel, {{inh|pt|VL.|*melem|g=mf}} Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, {{inh|pt|la|mel|g=n}} Latin mel n, {{cog|gl|mel|g=m}} Galician mel m, {{cog|es|miel|g=f}} Spanish miel f Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|+|pl2=#es}} mel m (plural méis or meles)
  1. honey Wikipedia link: pt:mel Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Condiments Derived forms: melado, melar, meloso, papa-mel

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Spanish miel f",
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    },
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          "ref": "2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 61:",
          "text": "A conversa era sobre parentes, os parentes estranhos, interessantes ou, por qualquer razão, notáveis de cada um. Alguém já tinha contado que um parente comia favo de mel com abelha dentro.",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈmɛʊ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛl/",
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        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛ.li/",
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        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "(Portugal) -ɛl"
    },
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      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -ɛw"
    },
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        "g": "m"
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      },
      "expansion": "Spanish miel f",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    "mel"
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Portuguese nouns with multiple plurals",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Portuguese terms inherited from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
        "Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Portuguese terms with homophones",
        "Portuguese terms with quotations",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛl",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛl/1 syllable",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛw",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛw/1 syllable",
        "pt:Condiments"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The conversation was about relatives, each one's weird, interesting or, for some reason, remarkable relatives. Someone had already said that a relative [of his] ate honeycomb with the bee inside.",
          "ref": "2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 61:",
          "text": "A conversa era sobre parentes, os parentes estranhos, interessantes ou, por qualquer razão, notáveis de cada um. Alguém já tinha contado que um parente comia favo de mel com abelha dentro.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        ]
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛw/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛʊ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛ.li/",
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        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal) -ɛl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -ɛw"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mele (Portugal)"
    },
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      "audio": "Pt-mel.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "mel"
}

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