mêlée
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See also: melee
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mêlée (plural mêlées)
- Alternative spelling of melee
- 1988, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, William Heinemann Ltd, page 218:
- What could the Draycotts possibly be doing here? And where, in such a mêlée, could the Draycotts possibly be?
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French meslee, older meslede, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō, derived from Latin misceō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mêlée f (plural mêlées)
Descendants[edit]
Participle[edit]
mêlée f sg
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mêlée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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