Melissa
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “honey bee”) (compare Melissa), which in turn comes from μέλι (méli, “honey”).
Proper noun
[edit]Melissa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – lemon balm.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Lamiaceae – family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Salvinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Melissa officinalis - type species; Melissa axillaris, Melissa flava, Melissa yunnanensis - other species
References
[edit]- Melissa (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Melissa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Melissa (Lamiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa at USDA Plants database
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melissa
- (Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight / Appointed to attend her dewly day and night
- 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:
- Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
- 1959, Nicholas Blake, The Widow's Cruise, page 9:
- - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
"Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.
Translations
[edit]female given name
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See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melissa
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melissa
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Melissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Melissa | Melissat | |
genitive | Melissan | Melissojen | |
partitive | Melissaa | Melissoja | |
illative | Melissaan | Melissoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Melissa | Melissat | |
accusative | nom. | Melissa | Melissat |
gen. | Melissan | ||
genitive | Melissan | Melissojen Melissain rare | |
partitive | Melissaa | Melissoja | |
inessive | Melissassa | Melissoissa | |
elative | Melissasta | Melissoista | |
illative | Melissaan | Melissoihin | |
adessive | Melissalla | Melissoilla | |
ablative | Melissalta | Melissoilta | |
allative | Melissalle | Melissoille | |
essive | Melissana | Melissoina | |
translative | Melissaksi | Melissoiksi | |
abessive | Melissatta | Melissoitta | |
instructive | — | Melissoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Melissa is the 330th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,361 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,036 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melissa
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Melissa f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Melissa, from Ancient Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa), from μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Proper noun
[edit]Melissa f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Melissa
- (Greek mythology) Melissa (nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey)
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Melissa c (genitive Melissas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
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- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual lemmas
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- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
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- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪsə
- Rhymes:English/ɪsə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Greek deities
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms with quotations
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elisːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/elisːɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 3-syllable words
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- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/issa
- Rhymes:Italian/issa/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian given names
- Italian female given names
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
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- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
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- Portuguese female given names from Ancient Greek
- pt:Greek mythology
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names