mêlée

See also: melee

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mêlée.

Noun

mêlée (plural mêlées)

Alternative spelling of melee

French

Etymology

From Old French meslee, older meslede, from Vulgar Latin *misculāta (“mixed”), feminine past participle of *misculō, ultimately from Latin misceō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.le/
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Noun

mêlée f (plural mêlées)

fray
(rugby) scrum

Verb

mêlée f

feminine singular of the past participle of mêler

Derived terms

demi de mêlée

Further reading

“mêlée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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