melina

melina f (plural meline) (more fully: fare la melina)

1. (soccer) a tactic, in the final minutes of a game, in which the winning side maintains possession of the ball with a series of short passes

• Milena, lamine, limnea

From melinus (“of or pertaining to honey”), from mel (“honey”).

• mellina

melina f (genitive melinae); first declension

1. mead

First-declension noun.

• (mead): hydromeli

From mēlīnus (“of or pertaining to a marten”), from mēles (“marten, badger”).

• mellīna

mēlīna f (genitive mēlīnae); first declension

1. A purse or wallet made of marten-skin.

First-declension noun.

• mēles
• mēlīnus

• “melina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• melina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “melina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Borrowed from Hebrew מאַלינע.

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈli.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: me‧li‧na

melina f

1. (colloquial, derogatory) den, hideout (place where illegal wares are stored and sold)
2. (colloquial, derogatory) a decrepit, sleazy dwelling or establishment
3. (slang, humorous) a room that houses a party during a group excursion

• melina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• melina in Polish dictionaries at PWN