mêlée
See also: melee
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editmêlée (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
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French meslee, older meslede, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō, derived from Latin misceō. By surface analysis, mêl- + -ée.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmêlée f (plural mêlées)
- fray, brawl, fight, melee (especially disorganized)
- la mêlée pour monter dans le train ― the squabble to get on the train
- (rugby) scrum
Descendants
editParticiple
editmêlée f sg
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mêlée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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