melisa

See also: Melisa, melisă, melisą, and Melisą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin melissa, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈli.sa/

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• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: me‧li‧sa
• Homophone: Melisa

Noun

melisa f

1. lemon balm, melissa (any plant of the genus Melissa)

   Synonym: rojownik

2. lemon balm, melissa (leaves)
3. lemon balm, melissa (beverage)

Declension

Declension of melisa

	singular	plural
nominative	melisa	melisy
genitive	melisy	melis
dative	melisie	melisom
accusative	melisę	melisy
instrumental	melisą	melisami
locative	melisie	melisach
vocative	meliso	melisy

Derived terms

adjective

• melisowy

 

noun

• melisówka

 

Related terms

adverb

• melisowo

 

Further reading

• melisa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• melisa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈlisa/ [meˈli.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: me‧li‧sa

Noun

melisa f (plural melisas)

1. lemon balm

Further reading

• “melisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28