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mel

/mɛl//mɛl/

mel noun: a unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.

Noun (1)

mel (plural mels)

  1. A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.

Noun (2)

mel (uncountable)

  1. Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mel

Mel

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Melchior, Melchor, Melech, Melfyn, Melhem, Melindro, Meliton, Melville, Melvin, and Melvyn.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Amelia, Carmel, Melania, Melanie, Melantha, Melanthe, Melika, Melike, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melita, Melitta, and Melody.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mel

Mel

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Mel

Mel

  1. A language family, a branch of Atlantic-Congo, spoken from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Mel

Mel

  1. A variety of the Mel-Khaonh language, a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.

Proper noun (5) capitalized: Mel

Mel

  1. A frazione and former comune of Belluno, Veneto, Italy.

Noun (3) capitalized: MEL

MEL (plural MELs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of minimum/minimal equipment list. The list of the minimum of operational equipment allowed for continued operation of the device equipping the equipment; by extension, the set of such equipment.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of miscellaneous equipment load.

mel meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

mel in Tamil

மெல்

mel in Telugu

మెల్, మెల

mel in Malayalam

മെൽ

mel in Kannada

ಮೆಲ್

Forms of mel

pluralmels
pluralMELs

Origin of mel

Shortening of melody.

From Latin mel (“honey”). Doublet of mell.

Borrowed from Italian and Venetan Mel.

Words formed from mel

Words that rhyme with mel

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Questions about mel

What does mel mean?
Mel means a unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
What is mel in Tamil?
Mel in Tamil is மெல். See Mel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mel?
Mel can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mel?
Mel is pronounced /mɛl/.
What is the plural of mel?
The plural of mel is mels.

Words near mel in the dictionary

  1. mekosuchine
  2. mekosuchines
  3. MEKP
  4. mekubal
  5. mekubbal
  6. mel
  7. mela
  8. mela-
  9. melabasanite
  10. melacacidin
  11. melachah

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mel (page history and authors); Mel (page history and authors); MEL (page history and authors); mel (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mel (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mel (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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