meld
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mɛld/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛld
Etymology 1
[edit]The verb is probably derived:
The noun is derived from the verb.[2]
Compare also melting pot.
Verb
[edit]meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded) (originally US)
- (transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse. [from early 20th c.]
- 2018 June 5, Michael Wines, “Song awakens injured pride of Afrikaners”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-02:
- Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like – we can all be proud of our young country.
- (intransitive) To combine, to blend, to fuse.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- meldometer (historical)
- melt
- weld
Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]meld (plural melds)
- (originally US) The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend. [from late 20th c.]
- Synonym: combination
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]result of multiple things being combined together — see blend
Etymology 2
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The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”),[3] ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”).
The noun is derived from the verb.[4]
cognates
- Dutch melden
- Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))
Verb
[edit]meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded) (card games)
- Especially in games of the rummy family: [from late 19th c.]
- (transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
- (intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.
Translations
[edit](transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards
Noun
[edit]meld (plural melds)
- (card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. [from late 19th c.]
- 1914 February, Sinclair Lewis, “He is Blown by the Whirlwind”, in Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 231:
- The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle; […]
Translations
[edit]combination of playing cards announced or played to score points
References
[edit]- ^ “meld, v.3”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “meld1, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “meld, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “meld1, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “meld, v.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “melt2, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “meld, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “meld2, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
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meld (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - meld (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
[edit]Verb
[edit]meld
- imperative of melde
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]meld
- inflection of melden:
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]meld
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Verb
[edit]meld
- imperative of melde
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- melder m
Noun
[edit]meld m (definite singular melden, indefinite plural meldar, definite plural meldane)
- grinding, crushing
- an amount of grain that is to be milled
- an amount of flour that returns from the mill
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
[edit]meld (neuter singular meldt, definite singular and plural melde)
- past participle of melde
Verb
[edit]meld
- imperative of melda and melde
References
[edit]- “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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