meles

== English == === Noun === meles plural of mele === Anagrams === LEEMs, Elems, Emels, mesel, lemes == Galician == === Noun === meles plural of mel == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Maybe borrowed together with fēlēs, likewise unexplained and the only other animal name with such a measure, from the alpine direction. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmeː.ɫeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.les] === Noun === mēlēs f (genitive mēlis); third declension marten; badger ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== === References === Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “fēlēs”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 223–224 “meles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “meles”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “meles”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2] “meles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Latvian == === Noun === meles f inflection of mele: genitive singular nominative/vocative/accusative plural == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: me‧les === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== meles plural of mel === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== meles second-person singular present subjunctive of melar