mielo

mielo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Romance terms such as French and Spanish miel, both from Latin mel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈelo/
• Hyphenation: mi‧e‧lo
• Rhymes: -elo

Noun

mielo (accusative singular mielon, plural mieloj, accusative plural mielojn)

1. honey

Related terms

• miela

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto mielo, Spanish miel, French miel and Italian miele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi̯e.lo/

Noun

mielo (plural mieli)

1. honey
   • Juergen Viol (tr.), La Evangelio segun Markus, I 6, page 2.

     Ioanes ma esis vestizita per kamelhari e portis ledra zono cirkum lua lumbi, ed il manjis lokusti e sovaja mielo.

     Now John was dressed in camelhair and wore a leather girdle round his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

2. (figuratively) sweetness

Derived terms

• mielala (“honeyed, melliferous”)
• mielaquo (“hydromel, mead”)
• mielatra (“honeyed, melliferous”)
• mielifar (“to produce honey”)
• mielkuko (“gingerbread”)
• mielmixuro (“oxymel: a mixture of vinegar and honey”)
• mieloza (“honeyed, melliferous”)
• mieltempo (“honeymoon”)

 

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjelo/

Verb

mielo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of melar.