melena
See also: Melena
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin, based on Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
melena (uncountable)
Coordinate terms edit
- hematochezia (not to be confused; bright red blood in stool)
- rectorrhagia (not to be confused; bright red blood independently of stools)
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Arabic,[1] or from a substrate language.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
melena f (plural melenas)
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin melēna, from Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
melena f (plural melenas)
References edit
- “melena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “melena” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “melena” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “melena”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 376
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “melena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Noun edit
melena f (plural melene)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Andalusian Arabic مُلَيِّنَة, from classical Arabic مُلَيِّنَة (mulayyina, “softening”).
Noun edit
melena f (plural melenas)
Derived terms edit
- desmelenar (“to dishevel, ruffle the hair of; to lose one's composure, let one's hair down”)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin melēna, from Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).
Noun edit
melena f (plural melenas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “melena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014