melee

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• UK: /ˈmɛˌleɪ/
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• UK: /ˈmɛ.li/
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• US: /ˈmeɪˌleɪ/
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• US: /meɪˈleɪ/
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• US: /ˈmɛˌleɪ/
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• US: /məˈleɪ/
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• rhymes with -ɛleɪ
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• rhymes with -ɛli
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• homophone: Malay (some accents)
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• CMU ARPABET: M EY1 L EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, feminine past participle of mesler (“to mix”), derived from Latin misceō (“mix”). Doublet of medley.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شجار — Hand-to-hand combat
• Bulgarian: ръкопашен бой (rǎkopašen boj) — Hand-to-hand combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 近战 (jìnzhàn) — Hand-to-hand combat
• Czech: potyčka — Hand-to-hand combat
• Czech: rvačka — Hand-to-hand combat
• Czech: pranice — Hand-to-hand combat
• Danish: nærkamp — Hand-to-hand combat
• Finnish: käsikähmä — Hand-to-hand combat
• Finnish: lähitaistelu — Hand-to-hand combat
• German: Handgemenge — Hand-to-hand combat
• German: Nahkampf — Hand-to-hand combat
• German: Händel — Hand-to-hand combat
• German: Schlägerei — Hand-to-hand combat
• German: Rauferei — Hand-to-hand combat
• German: Prügelei — Hand-to-hand combat
• Hungarian: közelharc — Hand-to-hand combat
• Hungarian: verekedés — Hand-to-hand combat
• Hungarian: kézitusa — Hand-to-hand combat
• Ingrian: käsikähäkkä — Hand-to-hand combat
• Italian: combattimento corpo a corpo — Hand-to-hand combat
• Japanese: 接近戦 (sekkinsen) — Hand-to-hand combat
• Māori: nonoketanga — Hand-to-hand combat
• Polish: walka wręcz — Hand-to-hand combat
• Portuguese: combate corpo-a-corpo — Hand-to-hand combat
• Romanian: luptă corp la corp — Hand-to-hand combat
• Russian: рукопашная (rukopašnaja) — Hand-to-hand combat
• Russian: схва́тка (sxvátka) — Hand-to-hand combat
• Serbo-Croatian: borba prsa o prsa — Hand-to-hand combat
• Slovak: potýčka — Hand-to-hand combat
• Slovak: bitka — Hand-to-hand combat
• Swedish: närstrid — Hand-to-hand combat
• Swedish: närkamp — Hand-to-hand combat
• Ottoman Turkish: پرخاش (perhaş) — Hand-to-hand combat
• Czech: šarvátka — battle fought at close range
• Czech: potyčka — battle fought at close range
• Danish: håndgemæng — battle fought at close range
• Danish: sammenstød — battle fought at close range
• German: Nahkampf — battle fought at close range
• Hungarian: közelharc — battle fought at close range
• Russian: ближний бой (bližnij boj) — battle fought at close range
• Serbo-Croatian: borba prsa u prsa — battle fought at close range
• Slovak: šarvátka — battle fought at close range
• Slovak: potýčka — battle fought at close range
• Bulgarian: меле́ (melé) — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• Chinese Mandarin: 混擊 /混击 (hǔnjí) — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• Czech: vřava — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• Czech: mela — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• German: Gewühl — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• German: Gedränge — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• German: Rauferei — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• German: Keilerei — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• German: Tumult — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• German: Getümmel — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• Russian: перепа́лка (perepálka) — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• Slovak: mela — noisy, confused or tumultuous fight, argument
• Czech: hádka — lively contention or debate
• German: Streit — lively contention or debate
• German: Gezänk — lively contention or debate
• German: Hickhack — lively contention or debate
• Russian: стычка (styčka) — lively contention or debate
• Slovak: hádka — lively contention or debate