mêlée

See also: melee

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mêlée.

Noun

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old French meslee, older meslede, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō, derived from Latin misceō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.le/, /me.le/
Audio (FR) (file)

Noun

mêlée f (plural mêlées)

fray
(rugby) scrum

Descendants

→ Catalan: melé
→ English: melee
→ Italian: mêlée
→ Portuguese: melê
→ Spanish: melé

Participle

mêlée f sg

feminine singular of mêlé

Derived terms

demi de mêlée

Further reading

“mêlée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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