melma

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombardic melm or similar Germanic root, with meaning similar to Dutch melm (“dry earth”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmel.ma/, /ˈmɛl.ma/[1]
  • Rhymes: -elma, -ɛlma
  • Hyphenation: mél‧ma, mèl‧ma

Noun

melma f (plural melme)

  1. slime
  2. mud, muck
  3. slush

References
  1. melma in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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