melassa

Catalan

Etymology

From mel +‎ -assa. Compare French mélasse, Spanish melaza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈla.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [meˈla.sa]

Noun

melassa f (plural melasses)

1. molasses

Further reading

• “melassa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “melassa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Finnish

Noun

melassa

1. inessive singular of mela

Italian

Alternative forms

• melasso

Etymology

From French mélasse, from Spanish melaza, from Late Latin mellāceus (“honeylike, honey-sweet”), from Latin mel (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlas.sa/
• Rhymes: -assa
• Hyphenation: me‧làs‧sa

Noun

melassa f (plural melasse)

1. molasses, treacle

Derived terms

• melassare
• melassigeno

Related terms

• melassatrice