Melissa
Translingual
editEtymology
editAncient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “honey bee”) (compare Melissa), which in turn comes from μέλι (méli, “honey”).
Proper noun
editMelissa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – lemon balm.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Salvinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Melissa officinalis - type species; Melissa axillaris, Melissa flava, Melissa yunnanensis - other species
References
edit- Melissa (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Melissa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Melissa (Lamiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa at USDA Plants database
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMelissa
- (Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight / Appointed to attend her dewly day and night
- 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:
- Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
- 1959, Nicholas Blake, The Widow's Cruise, page 9:
- - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
"Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.
Translations
editfemale given name
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See also
editAnagrams
editDanish
editProper noun
editMelissa
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMelissa
- a female given name
Declension
editInflection of Melissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Melissa | Melissat | |
genitive | Melissan | Melissojen | |
partitive | Melissaa | Melissoja | |
illative | Melissaan | Melissoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Melissa | Melissat | |
accusative | nom. | Melissa | Melissat |
gen. | Melissan | ||
genitive | Melissan | Melissojen Melissain rare | |
partitive | Melissaa | Melissoja | |
inessive | Melissassa | Melissoissa | |
elative | Melissasta | Melissoista | |
illative | Melissaan | Melissoihin | |
adessive | Melissalla | Melissoilla | |
ablative | Melissalta | Melissoilta | |
allative | Melissalle | Melissoille | |
essive | Melissana | Melissoina | |
translative | Melissaksi | Melissoiksi | |
abessive | Melissatta | Melissoitta | |
instructive | — | Melissoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Melissa is the 330th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,361 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,036 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMelissa
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Italian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editMelissa f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Melissa, from Ancient Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa), from μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editMelissa f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Melissa
- (Greek mythology) Melissa (nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey)
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editMelissa c (genitive Melissas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
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- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual lemmas
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- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɪsə
- Rhymes:English/ɪsə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Greek deities
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms with quotations
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elisːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/elisːɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 3-syllable words
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- German lemmas
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- German given names
- German female given names
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/issa
- Rhymes:Italian/issa/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian given names
- Italian female given names
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
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