melas

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark, black”). === Adjective === melas (taxonomy) dark (in colour), black ==== Derived terms ==== Myelaphus melas Globicephala melas Anopheles melas Incagonum melas == English == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”). ==== Noun ==== melas (uncountable) (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin. (medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma. ===== Coordinate terms ===== (leprosy): alphos, leuce === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== melas plural of mela === Anagrams === EMALS, Lemas, Males, Salem, Selma, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, mesal, semla == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“false, bad”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʲæːɫas/ === Noun === mẽlas m (plural melai̇̃) stress pattern 4 lie ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== melagystė, netiesa ==== Derived terms ==== (Verbs) meluoti ==== Related terms ==== (Nouns) melagis m / melagė f == Portuguese == === Verb === melas second-person singular present indicative of melar == Spanish == === Noun === melas f pl plural of mela == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مه‌لاس (melas), from French mélasse (“molasses”), ultimately from Latin mellācea. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈɫas/ Hyphenation: me‧las === Noun === melas (definite accusative melası, plural melaslar) molasses, a viscous, sweet syrup obtained from the refining of sugar cane or sugar beet ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “melas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “melas”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “melas”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3122 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “melas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük