mélèze

From Franco-Provençal (Dauphinois) melèzo (“larch tree”), from Vulgar Latin *melice, formed from a cross between Gaulish *mel- (“larch”) and Latin larix (“larch”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *meli.

• IPA^(key): /me.lɛz/

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mélèze m (plural mélèzes)

1. larch, larch tree (Larix)

   Le mélèze est un conifère des montagnes qui perd ses aiguilles en hiver.

   The larch is a coniferous tree found in the mountains which loses its needles in winter.

• “mélèze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French mélèze.

mélèze m (plural mélèzes)

1. (Jersey) larch (Larix)