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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

mel.

honey

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɛw/Brazil[ˈmɛʊ̯]Brazil/ˈmɛl/Portugal[ˈmɛɫ]Portugal

  1. honey

    countable · masculine · uncountable

  2. molasses

    Madeira · countable · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mel m, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n. Cognates include Galician mel m and Spanish miel f.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.