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From Middle English mel, from Old English mǣl (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh1- (“to measure”). Cognate with West Frisian miel, Dutch maal (“meal, time, occurrence”), German Mal (“time”), Mahl (“meal”), Norwegian Bokmål mål (“meal”), Swedish mål (“meal”); and (from Proto-Indo-European) with Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”), Latin mensus, Russian ме́ра (méra, “measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas. Related to Old English mǣþ (“measure, degree, proportion”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh2-der. Proto-Germanic *melwą Proto-West Germanic *melu Old English melu Middle English mele English meal From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh2- (“to grind, mill”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian moal, Dutch meel, German Mehl, Albanian miell, Proto-Slavic *melvo (“grain to be ground”) (Bulgarian мливо (mlivo)), Dutch malen (“to grind”), German mahlen (“to grind”), Old Irish melim (“I grind”), Latin molō (“to grind”), Tocharian A/B malywët (“you press”)/melye (“they tread on”), Lithuanian málti, Old Church Slavonic млѣти (mlěti), Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “mill”). More at mill.

Variation of mole (compare Scots mail), from Middle English mole, mool, from Old English māl, mǣl (“spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *mailą (“wrinkle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to soil”). More at mole.

214 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: афатә (afatwʼ) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Afrikaans: maaltyd — food that is prepared and eaten
• Albanian: vakt — food that is prepared and eaten
• Albanian: gatim — food that is prepared and eaten
• Amharic: ምግብ (məgb) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Arabic: وَجْبَة (wajba) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Arabic: أكلة (ʔakla) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Aragonese: virolla — food that is prepared and eaten
• Armenian: կերակուր (kerakur) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Armenian: ճաշ (čaš) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Aromanian: ngustáre — food that is prepared and eaten
• Assamese: সাঁজ (xãz) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Asturian: comida — food that is prepared and eaten
• Avar: кванай (kwanaj) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Aymara: ququ — food that is prepared and eaten
• Azerbaijani: yemək — food that is prepared and eaten
• Azerbaijani: xörək — food that is prepared and eaten
• Basque: otordu — food that is prepared and eaten
• Belarusian: е́жа (jéža) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Bengali: হাজরি (hajri) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Breton: pred — food that is prepared and eaten
• Bulgarian: я́дене (jádene) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Bulgarian: ястие (jastie) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Bulgarian: гозба (gozba) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Bulgarian: блюдо (bljudo) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Bulgarian: манджа (mandža) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Catalan: àpat — food that is prepared and eaten
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵔⵎⵜ (tirmt) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Chamicuro: nuka'c̈homachi — food that is prepared and eaten
• Chechen: даар (daar) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Chechen: яахӏума (jaahuma) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ (alisdayvdi) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Chinese Mandarin: 餐 (cān) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Chinese Mandarin: 飯 /饭 (fàn) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ngazidja Comorian: shahula — food that is prepared and eaten
• Corsican: pastu — food that is prepared and eaten
• Corsican: ripastu — food that is prepared and eaten
• Crimean Tatar: aş — food that is prepared and eaten
• Czech: jídlo — food that is prepared and eaten
• Danish: måltid — food that is prepared and eaten
• Dutch: maaltijd — food that is prepared and eaten
• Esperanto: manĝaĵo — food that is prepared and eaten
• Esperanto: manĝo — food that is prepared and eaten
• Estonian: söök — food that is prepared and eaten
• Faroese: máltíð — food that is prepared and eaten
• Finnish: ateria — food that is prepared and eaten
• French: repas — food that is prepared and eaten
• Galician: comida — food that is prepared and eaten
• Georgian: საჭმელი (sač̣meli) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Georgian: ჭამა (č̣ama) — food that is prepared and eaten
• German: Mahlzeit — food that is prepared and eaten
• German: Essen — food that is prepared and eaten
• German: Mohl — food that is prepared and eaten
• Greek: γεύμα (gévma) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Greek: φαγητό (fagitó) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ancient Greek: σιτίον (sitíon) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ancient Greek: σίτησις (sítēsis) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ancient Greek: δόρπον (dórpon) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Haitian Creole: repa — food that is prepared and eaten
• Haitian Creole: manje — food that is prepared and eaten
• Hawaiian: ʻaina — food that is prepared and eaten
• Hawaiian: pāʻina — food that is prepared and eaten
• Hebrew: אֲרוּחָה (arukhá) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Hindi: भोजन (bhojan) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Hindi: जेमन (jeman) — food that is prepared and eaten
• White Hmong: pluas mov — food that is prepared and eaten
• Hungarian: étkezés — food that is prepared and eaten
• Icelandic: máltíð — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ido: repasto — food that is prepared and eaten
• Indonesian: makanan — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ingrian: adria — food that is prepared and eaten
• Interlingua: repasto — food that is prepared and eaten
• Irish: proinn — food that is prepared and eaten
• Irish: béile — food that is prepared and eaten
• Irish: séire — food that is prepared and eaten
• Italian: pasto — food that is prepared and eaten
• Japanese: 食事 (shokuji) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Japanese: めし (meshi) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Japanese: 御飯 (gohan) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Japanese: ご飯 (gohan) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Kaitag: хуре́г (ꭓurég) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Kazakh: тамақ (tamaq) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Kazakh: ас (as) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Khmer: អាហារ (ʼaahaa) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Korean: 끼니 (kkini) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Korean: 밥 (bap) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Korean: 식사 (siksa) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Korean: 진지 (jinji) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Kyrgyz: тамак (tamak) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Latin: cibus — food that is prepared and eaten
• Latvian: ēdiens — food that is prepared and eaten
• Lithuanian: valgis — food that is prepared and eaten
• Macedonian: оброк (obrok) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Macedonian: јадење (jadenje) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Malay: makanan — food that is prepared and eaten
• Maltese: ikel — food that is prepared and eaten
• Manchu: ᠪᡠᡩ᠋ᠠ (buda) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Manx: lhongey — food that is prepared and eaten
• Māori: kamenga — food that is prepared and eaten
• Marathi: भोजन (bhojan) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Marathi: जेवण (jevaṇ) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Mòcheno: mol — food that is prepared and eaten
• Mongolian: хоол (xool) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Mongolian: будаа (budaa) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠ (qoɣula) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠳᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (budaɣ-a) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Nahuatl: tlemolli — food that is prepared and eaten
• Nahuatl: tlacualizpan — food that is prepared and eaten
• Nepali: भोजन (bhojan) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Nepali: खाना (khānā) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Norman: r'pas — food that is prepared and eaten
• Norwegian Bokmål: måltid — food that is prepared and eaten
• Norwegian Bokmål: mål — food that is prepared and eaten
• Norwegian Nynorsk: måltid — food that is prepared and eaten
• Old English: mǣl — food that is prepared and eaten
• Old Norse: mál — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ossetian: хӕрд (xærd) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Persian: غذا (ġazâ) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Polish: posiłek — food that is prepared and eaten
• Polish: danie — food that is prepared and eaten
• Polish: jedzenie — food that is prepared and eaten
• Portuguese: refeição — food that is prepared and eaten
• Réunion Creole French: ropa — food that is prepared and eaten
• Romanian: masă — food that is prepared and eaten
• Romansh: past — food that is prepared and eaten
• Romansh: tschavera — food that is prepared and eaten
• Russian: еда́ (jedá) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Russian: пи́ща (píšča) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Russian: снедь (snedʹ) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Russian: угоще́нье (ugoščénʹje) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Sanskrit: भोजन (bhojana) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Scottish Gaelic: biadh — food that is prepared and eaten
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀брок — food that is prepared and eaten
• Serbo-Croatian: је̏ло — food that is prepared and eaten
• Serbo-Croatian: òbrok — food that is prepared and eaten
• Serbo-Croatian: jȅlo — food that is prepared and eaten
• Sicilian: manciari — food that is prepared and eaten
• Slovak: jedlo — food that is prepared and eaten
• Slovene: obrok — food that is prepared and eaten
• Slovene: obed — food that is prepared and eaten
• Lower Sorbian: jěza — food that is prepared and eaten
• Upper Sorbian: jědź — food that is prepared and eaten
• Spanish: comida — food that is prepared and eaten
• Spanish: pitanza — food that is prepared and eaten
• Spanish: condumio — food that is prepared and eaten
• Spanish: vianda — food that is prepared and eaten
• Swedish: måltid — food that is prepared and eaten
• Swedish: mål — food that is prepared and eaten
• Tajik: ғизо (ġizo) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Tamil: உணவு (uṇavu) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Tamil: சாப்பாடு (cāppāṭu) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Tarifit: macca — food that is prepared and eaten
• Thai: อาหาร (aa-hǎan) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Thai: มื้อ (mʉ́ʉ) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Tibetan: ལྟོ (lto) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Tocharian B: yesti — food that is prepared and eaten
• Turkish: yemek — food that is prepared and eaten
• Turkish: aş — food that is prepared and eaten
• Turkish: öğün — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ottoman Turkish: مانجه (manca) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Turkmen: nahar — food that is prepared and eaten
• Tuvan: чем (çem) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ukrainian: ї́жа (jíža) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Ukrainian: стра́ва (stráva) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Uyghur: تاماق (tamaq) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Uzbek: ovqat — food that is prepared and eaten
• Uzbek: taom — food that is prepared and eaten
• Uzbek: tomoq — food that is prepared and eaten
• Vietnamese: bữa — food that is prepared and eaten
• Vietnamese: bữa cơm — food that is prepared and eaten
• Volapük: fidäd — food that is prepared and eaten
• Welsh: pryd — food that is prepared and eaten
• Welsh: pryd o fwyd — food that is prepared and eaten
• Yiddish: מאָלצײַט (moltsayt) — food that is prepared and eaten
• Yucatec Maya: haanal — food that is prepared and eaten
• Bulgarian: брашно (brašno) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Cherokee: ᎢᏌ (isa) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Czech: šrot — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Danish: mel — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Dutch: meel — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Estonian: jahu — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Faroese: mjøl — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Finnish: jauho — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• French: mouture — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Galician: relón — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Georgian: ფქვილი (pkvili) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• German: Mehl — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• German: Schrot — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Greek: άλφιτο (álfito) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Greek: χονδράλευρο (chondrálevro) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Hebrew: קמח (kemakh) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Italian: mangime — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Korean: 기울 (giul) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Korean: 밀기울 (milgiul) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Latin: farina — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Latvian: ēdiens — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Manx: meinn — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Marathi: पीठ (pīṭh) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Old English: melu — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Old Norse: mjǫl — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Plautdietsch: Mäl — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Polish: mączka — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Portuguese: farinha — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Romanian: făină — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Russian: мука́ (muká) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Spanish: harina — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Swedish: mjöl — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Tamil: மாவு (māvu) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Thai: แป้ง (bpɛ̂ɛng) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Turkish: un — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Turkish: irmik — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Ukrainian: бо́рошно (bórošno) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Ukrainian: мука́ (muká) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains
• Yiddish: מעל (mel) — coarse-ground edible part of various grains