melen

See also: mellen and Meleň

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *melɨn, from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *meli (“honey”) (compare Welsh melyn). Can be connected to the notion of 'yellow like honey'.

Adjective

melen

  1. yellow

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Breton · livioù (layout · text)
     gwenn      louet      du
             ruz              orañjez, melen-ruz; gell              melen
                          gwer, glas             
             cyan                           glas
                          magenta; glasruz              roz

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *melinos, from *meli (“honey”) (compare Welsh melyn).

Adjective

melen m (feminine singular melna, masculine plural melens, feminine plural melnas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) yellow

Synonyms

Derived terms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English melon.

Noun

melen

  1. melon

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

melen

  1. feminine singular of melyn

Mutation

Mutated forms of melen
radical soft nasal aspirate
melen felen unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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