mél

Abbreviation of messagerie électronique (“electronic messaging”), following the form of tél (“telephone, abbr.”), and influenced by the pronunciation of English mail.

• IPA^(key): /mɛl/

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mél m (plural méls)

1. an email message

   Synonyms: courriel, courrier électronique

   • 2008, Jean-Benoit Nadeau; Julie Barlow, The Story of French, Macmillan, →ISBN:

     It preferred the homegrown mél (a contraction of message électronique), even though the French terminology commissions had proposed mél only as a written short form for business cards, like Tél for phone number. The Academy finally ...

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• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈmeːl]

• (Southeastern Romagnol):

• • (Santarcangelo): IPA^(key): [ˈmeɘl]

Inherited from Latin mel (“honey”).

• miél (Rimini)

mél m (plural) (Ravenna, Santarcangelo, Castel Bolognese)

1. honey

Inherited from Latin mālus (“apple tree”).

mél m (plural mil) (Bassa Romagna)

1. apple tree

• Vitali, Daniele; Pioggia, Davide (2016) Dialetti romagnoli [Romagnol dialects] (in Italian), 2 edition, Verucchio: Pazzini Stampatore Editore srl, page 23