melas

See also: mêlas, mēļas, mēļās, and MELAS

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark, black”).

Adjective

melas

1. (taxonomy) dark (in colour), black

Usage notes

• The original Greek has distinct masculine, feminine and neuter forms, but in taxonomy the same form is found modifying masculine, feminine and neuter genus names, and thus the form is best treated as an indeclinable adjective.

Derived terms

• Myelaphus melas
• Globicephala melas
• Anopheles melas
• Incagonum melas

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”).

Noun

melas (uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
2. (medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma.

Coordinate terms

• (leprosy): alphos, leuce

Etymology 2

Noun

melas

1. 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 melaĩ) stress pattern 4

1. lie

Declension

Declension of mẽlas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	mẽlas	melaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	mẽlo	melų̃
dative (naudininkas)	mẽlui	meláms
accusative (galininkas)	mẽlą	melùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	melù	melaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	melè	meluosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	mẽle	melaĩ

Synonyms

• melagystė, netiesa

Derived terms

(Verbs)

• meluoti

Related terms

(Nouns)

• melagis m / melagė f

Portuguese

Verb

melas

1. second-person singular present indicative of melar

Spanish

Noun

melas f pl

1. plural of mela